Badami

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Badami is a historic town in Karnataka, India, renowned for its rock-cut cave temples and ancient Chalukyan architecture.

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Badami canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic place
town
architecturalStyle Early Chalukya architecture
surface form: Chalukya architecture

rock-cut architecture
connectedByHighway state highways of Karnataka
country India
district Bagalkot district
flourishedDuringCentury 6th century
7th century
formerName Vatapi
governingBody Badami taluk
surface form: Town Municipal Council Badami
hasCaveTempleNumber Cave 1
Cave 2
Cave 3
Cave 4
hasMaterial red sandstone
hasRailwayStation Badami railway station
hasReligiousSiteType Buddhist cave temple
Hindu cave temples
Jain cave temple
hasStructure Agastya Lake
Badami cave temples
surface form: Badami Cave Temples

Bhutanatha group of temples
Upper Shivalaya temple
surface form: Lower Shivalaya temple

Malegitti Shivalaya temple
Upper Shivalaya temple
historicalCapitalOf Chalukya dynasty
surface form: Early Chalukya dynasty
knownFor Early Chalukya architecture
surface form: Chalukyan architecture

archaeological sites
rock-cut cave temples
sandstone cliffs
languageSpoken Kannada
locatedIn Deccan Plateau
surface form: Deccan plateau
locatedInRegion northern Karnataka
locatedOn banks of Agastya Lake
near Bhutanatha group of temples
surface form: Bhuthanatha temples on Agastya Lake
nearbySite Aihole temple complex
surface form: Aihole

Pattadakal
officialLanguage Kannada
partOf Badami-Aihole-Pattadakal heritage cluster
religionHistoricallyPracticed Buddhism
Hinduism
Jainism
state Karnataka
timeZone Indian Standard Time
tourismType cultural tourism
heritage tourism
UNESCOTentativeListStatus part of the Badami, Aihole and Pattadakal group of monuments
UTCOffset +05:30

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