Question: What name is given to followers of this religion whose architecture is described as open, symmetry-driven and on a square grid of 'padas' an example being the Varaha Cave Temple?

Context articles: Mahishasuramardini Mandapa
Panchapandava Cave Temple
Hulimavu cave Temple
Cave Temples of Mahabalipuram
Astar (game)
Akkana Madanna Caves
Sua Ghin Gnua
Thirunadhikkara Cave Temple
Varaha Cave Temple
Hindu temple architecture

Mahishasuramardhini Mandapa (Cave Temple; also known as Yampuri) is an example of Indian rock-cut architecture dating from the late 7th century, of the Pallava dynasty.
 It is a rock-cut cave temple located on a hill, near a lighthouse, along with other caves in Mamallapuram.
 It is the one of the finest testimonials of ancient Vishwakarma Sthapathis (Vishwakarma sculpture).
 Mamallapuram, also popularly known as Mahabalipuram, is a small village to the south of Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
 The temple is part of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1984.
 This Cave Temple has many interesting architectural features of which three exquisitely carved reliefs on the cave walls of three sanctums are prominent.
 One is of Vishnu reclining on the seven hooded serpent, Adisesha, another of Durga, the main deity of the cave temple slaying the buffalo headed demon Mahishasura, and the third sanctum also has a sculpture of Vishnu.
 The cave also depicts many scenes from the Puranas (Hindu mythology stories in Sanskrit dating from the 5th century AD).
Panchapandava Cave Temple (also known as Pancha Pandava Temples and Mandapa of the Five Pandavas) is a monument at Mahabalipuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the Kancheepuram district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
 The mandapa (rock sanctuary) is part of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram.
 It is the largest cave temple in Mahabalipuram.
 It is an example of Indian rock-cut architecture dating from the late 7th century.
 The temple is one of the finest testimonial to the ancient Vishwakarma Sthapathis, of rock-cut cave architecture, out of many such caves also called mandapas. Part of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, the temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as inscribed in 1984 under criteria i, ii, iii and iv.
The Hulimave cave temple', also known as the Hulimavu Shiva Cave Temple or simply the Cave Temple, is located in Hulimavu, Bannerghatta Road, Karnataka, very close to the BGS National Public School.
 The Cave Temple is administered by the Sri Sri Bala Gangadaraswami Mutt.
 It is stated that a saint Sri Ramanand Swamiji did tapas in the cave for many years and his samadhi is also found inside.
The Cave Temples of Mahabalipuram are located on the hillock of town, overlooking the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal in Kanchipuram District in Tamil Nadu, India.
 Also called mandapas or rock-cut caves, they are sanctuaries or temples covered with bas-reliefs.
 The earliest period of use of these caves as sanctuaries is traced to Buddhist and Jain periods.
 They were excavated on rock faces which were cut and then carved using chisel and iron mallet.
 Of the eleven mandapas or caves seen in Mahabalipuram, the most notable are the Varaha Cave Temple, Krishna Cave Temple, Panchapandava Cave Temple, and the Mahishasuramardini mandapa.
 They are cut and decorated with panels in the Mamalla style of the Pallava period in the 7th century.
 They are differentiated from the Adiranchanda cave temples which are dated to the Mahendraverman period of the 8th century.
 Remnants seen in the caves also indicate that they were plastered and painted when built.
 One of the most impressive sculpture panels, bas-reliefs, carved on the walls in the caves is that of the goddess Durga (a form of goddess Shakti) who killed Mahishasura the buffalo-headed demon which has a natural beauty with elegance of sense of movement, and this bas-relief panel in the Mahsisuramardhini Cave Temple is considered a masterpiece of Indian art.
 Many of the caves of the Pallava period have remained incomplete.
 The procedure in creating these caves involved creation of a smooth rock face, then cutting columns through the polished rock faces of required size and then carving bas-reliefs on the walls of the cave.
 Some of the cave temples are covered by the UNESCO inscription while others are not, such as the Koneri Mantapa, the Yali Mantapa, and the Kotikaal Mantapa.
 All caves here with simple plan and elegant architectural style, and have no deities deified in the sanctum sanctorum.
 It is one of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram that were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984 under the heading mantapas.
Astar is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Kyrgyzstan.
 It is a game similar to draughts and Alquerque as players hop over one another's pieces when capturing.
 However, unlike draughts and Alquerqe, Astar is played on 5x6 square grid with two triangular boards attached on two opposite sides of the grid.
 The board somewhat resembles those of Kotu Ellima, Sixteen Soldiers, and Peralikatuma, all of which are games related to Astar.
 However, these three games use an expanded Alquerque board with a 5x5 square grid with diagonal lines.
 Astar uses a 5x6 grid with no diagonal lines.
Akkana Madanna cave temple is a rock-cut cave temple in Vijayawada of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
 It is situated at the foothill of the Indrakeeladri temple known for Kanaka Durga Temple.
 It is one of the centrally protected monumemts of national importance.
 It was built in the 17th century, though the caves themselves date from the 6th and 7th centuries.
 There is another cave nearby which is dated from the 2nd century BC.
 The Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva is hosted there.
Sua Ghin Gnua is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Thailand, formerly known as Siam.
 Another name for the game is Tigers and Oxen.
 It is a hunt game played on a 5x5 square grid with only orthogonal lines.
 One player plays the three tigers, and the other player plays the twelve oxen.
 The board is empty in the beginning.
 Players first drop their pieces onto the board, and then are able to move them.
 The tigers can capture the oxen by the short leap as in draughts and Alquerque, but the oxen attempt to elude and at the same time hem in the tiger.
 Sua Ghin Gnua most resembles the tiger hunt games (or tiger games) such as Bagh-Chal, Rimau-rimau, Main Tapal Empat, Catch the Hare, and Adugo since they all use a 5 x 5 square grid.
 But tiger games technically consist of a standard Alquerque board which is a 5 x 5 square grid with several diagonal lines criss-crossing through it which are completely missing in Sua Ghin Gnua.
 There are however some variants of Catch the Hare which have missing diagonal lines also.
 Another game that resembles Sua Ghin Gnua is from Myanmar called Tiger and Buffaloes which is a hunt game consisting of a 4 x 4 square grid with no diagonal lines.
 Myanmar happens to border Thailand geographically so there might be a historical connection between the two games.
 Another game from Myanmar is Lay Gwet Kyah that is presumed to be similar to Sua Ghin Gnua.
 Sua Ghin Gnua was briefly described by Stewart Culin, in his book "Chess and Playing Cards: Catalogue of Games and Implements for Divination Exhibited by the United States National Museum in Connection with the Department of Archaeology and Paleontology of the University of Pennsylvania at the Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia 1895" (1898).
 It's also briefly mentioned by H.J.R. Murray in his book "A History of Chess" (1913).
 It was also described by R.C. Bell, in his book "Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations" (1969).
Thirunandikkara Cave Temple is a rock-cut cave temple of Pallava art dated to the seventh and eighth century AD.
 It is part of Thirunandikkara temple, which is near Thiruvattar in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu state of South India.
 Up to the recent past before 1956, the region around the temple was part of Kerala but is now under the jurisdiction of Tamil Nadu.
 It was originally established by Jains in 7th century CE and later turned into Hindu shrine.
Varaha Cave Temple (also Adivaraha Cave Temple) is a rock-cut cave temple located at Mamallapuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal in Kancheepuram District in Tamil Nadu, India.
 It is part of the hill top village, which is 4 km to the north of the main Mahabalipurm sites of rathas and the Shore Temple.
 It is an example of Indian rock-cut architecture dating from the late 7th century.
 The temple is one of the finest testimonial to the ancient Vishwakarma Sthapathis, of rock-cur cave architecture, out of many such caves also called mandapas. Part of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, the temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as inscribed in 1984 under criteria i, ii, iii and iv.
 The most prominent sculpture in the cave is that of Lord Vishnu in the incarnated form of a Varaha or boar lifting Bhudevi, the mother earth goddess from the sea.
 Also carved are many mythical figures.
The Hindu temple architecture is an open, symmetry-driven structure, with many variations, on a square grid of "padas", depicting perfect geometric shapes such as circles and squares.