The Badami cave temples

The Badami cave temples are a posh of temples located at Badami, a city within the Bagalkot District within the north a part of Karnataka, India. they're thought-about an example of Indian rock-cut design, particularly Badami Chalukya design. Badami, the capital of the first Chalukyas, who dominated abundant of Karnataka within the sixth to eighth centuries, lies at the mouth of a ravine with rocky hills on either facet and a city tank during which water from the ravine flows. The city is understood for its ancient cave temples carved out of the sandstone hills on top of.

The first shrine has at its entrance Shiva’s door keepers; to the proper within is that the figure of Shiva of regarding 5 feet height and within the tandava dancing create with eighteen arms. Beside him are Nandi, dancing Ganapati, etc. there's a neatly carved excellent figure of Mahishasuramardini alternative|and several other} other rock –cut dwarf pictures of kubja ganas, , etc, are on the ceiling.

The second cave and on its front are the guards or dvarapalakas holding lotus in their hands. East and West walls of the cave have giant pictures of Bhuvaraha Bramha, Vishnu, Shiva and Asthadikpalakas.

The third cave is devoted to Vishnu, and is that the best and therefore the biggest, and it's splendid large figures of Paravasudeva, Bhuvaraha, Harihara and Narasimha. of these statues are engraved in an exceedingly vigorous vogue. An inscription found here records the creation of the shrine by Mangaleshathe vogue indicates maturity however has lost its original dazzling color. The bracket figures on the piers here are a number of the best.

The fourth cave is Jaina that lies alittle east of cave 3. The place is adorned by the picture of Mahavira. The pedestal contains an recent Kannada inscription of the twelfth century A.D. that registers the death of 1 Jakkave. several Jaina Thirthankara pictures are engraved within the inner pillars and walls. additionally to it, there are some idols of Bahubali, Yakshas and Yakshis. Some students assign the cave to the eighth century.