Legends also believe, that many years ago, the Earth was only water, and slowly as the water dried, it made way for land to show up, and this relief very realistically depicts the resurfacing of land, earth from the sea. Other masterpieces of the Pallava art are sculptures of Lakshmi & Durga. The panel with Goddess Lakshmi (who is the goddess of wealth & prosperity), shows the divine figure holding the lotus flower in her hand and is sculpted along with four other female figures, wherein two of them hold pots in their hands. There are two elephants at the back where one can be seen holding an inverted pot. Perhaps, a bathing ritual scene depicted beautifully, one could say. Another empowering visual is that of the four - armed Goddess Durga who indicates victory over ignorance. The panel depicts Mother Durga slaying the demon Mahishasura, who takes the form of a human, with a buffalo head. The scene brings out thoughts of a battle between the good & evil forces in nature. Mahishasura can be seen chopping off his head, as a form of accepting defeat and surrendering to the everlasting divine energy. In another panel, the great Lord of three worlds, Lord Vishnu is sculpted, with one foot on earth, another in the sky and his third, on the Devil Bali. The eight handed Lord is surrounded by Brahma and Shiva, that is, the sun & the moon. This beautiful panel of the Lord of Three Worlds is called ‘Tri-Vikrama’. One can easily say that the origin of the Dravidian style of architecture can be traced back to these cave temples, and they are perfect examples of the art form that took birth during the Pallava rule.