Badami Cave Temples
Shiva, Vishnu and Jain Tirthankaras
Badami, Bagalkot district, Karnataka
Four 6th-century rock-cut cave temples carved into red sandstone cliffs above the Agastya lake.
History
Badami (Vatapi) was the capital of the Chalukyas. The caves were carved in the late 6th century: Cave 1 for Shiva (with an 18-armed dancing Nataraja), Caves 2 and 3 for Vishnu (Cave 3 dated 578 CE), and Cave 4 for the Jain Tirthankaras. The Bhutanatha temples on the lake shore are nearby.
Festivals
- Badami Utsav
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How to reach
- By air
- Hubballi Airport, about 130 km
- By train
- Badami station, about 5 km
- By road
- KSRTC buses and taxis from the nearest town.
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