Karnataka in India has many ancient heritage
site rich in culture and architecture. Historically Karnataka has witnessed
many dynasties and those kings had left their impressions by Archaeological
Marvels.
BADAMI, PATTADAKAL AND AIHOLE is a Trio of
heritage of Chalukya Empire. Badami was Regal Capital of
Chalukyas and known as Vatapi from AD 540 to 757. The sinic and beautiful
location around Agasytha Temple and famous rock cut Structural Temples are
Badami’s Marvel, Pattadakal is a World heritage site is just 22 kms from Badami
and 10 kms from AIHOLE. The major attraction of PATTADAKAL is a group of
Temples from different period of time. The historical temple concept of
Chalukyas Empire in AIHOLE.
AIHOLE
AIHOLE is
basically considered as the heritage of Hindu Temple Architecture. There are
many inscriptions here depict the achievements of great Chalukyan Kings Pulakeshi
II. Infact the Chalukyan Architectural style is originated in AIHOLE.
It is worth
seeing AIHOLE which is just 2hrs drive from Hospet.
BADAMI
BADAMI
being a Capital of Chalukyas, the real archaeological monuments are found here.
Cake temples made out of Monolithic Rocks are unbelievable. Total 4 Cave
Temples devoted to one for Lord Shiva, 2 for Lord Vishnu and solely dedicated
to Jainism. The view of this Temple is really Jaw stretching. The main entrance
from where you see the front Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. The Temple’s Crest
is actually a fort. The Canel on the fort is still present as on date.
Unfortunately the entry to the fort is not permitted now to avoid on toward incidents.
Lord
Nagaraja, the divine cosmic Dancer and the Ganapathi are looking utmost
beautiful.
The
Ganapathi’s depiction as Ardhanareeshwara is really awesome. One of the Lord
Vishnu Temple has Parvati on the left and Shiva on the right side.
PATTADAKAL
PATTADAKAL is marked as World Heritage Site has
group of Temples. Each Temple had a different time frame and evolution of
Architectural Advancements.
Many
foreign Nationals very often visit the Sites. However the Indians are seen
less. The Banashankari Temple at Badami is the religious centre where many
Indians regularly visit.
It is
worthwhile to visit these Archeological Marvels once in lifetime.
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