However, further excavations revealed that the 8th-century temple was constructed over the remains of an older brick temple.
This place has two brick temples, having amazing carving on the outer faces.
The temple is built on top of an older brick temple some of whose remains have survived.
It is a remarkably solid and tall brick temple.
This is an intact brick temple whose Jagamohana and other structures are destroyed.
Being a brick temple, the time built can be traced to the early 10th century.
In 1914, the original wooden church was rebuilt in brick temple.
More than 1,000 families came to worship in its orange brick temple, including the lords of the building and rag trades.
The Cholas reconstructed a lot of brick temples into granite temples.
Especially, there is hardly any brick temple that exists near Chennai city today.