Things to do in Badami, Karnataka
Bādāmi, formerly known as Vātāpi (Sanskrit: from āpi, ‘friend, ally’; ‘having the wind as an ally’), is a town and headquarters of a taluk by the same name, in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka, India.
21 places to visit in and around Badami, best known first. Tap a place for directions, or let Turkart turn them into a day-by-day plan.
- 1Badami cave temples
The Badami cave temples are a complex of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain cave temples located in Badami, a town in the Bagalkot district in northern part of Karnataka, India.
- 2Badami Fort
Badami Fort is a hill fortress in the town of Badami, formerly, known as Vatapi. It is located in Bagalkot district, Karnataka, India.
- 3Pattadakal
Pattadakal, also called Raktapura, is a complex of 7th and 8th century CE Hindu and Jain temples in northern Karnataka, India.
- 4Shivalaya Temples
Badami Shivalaya refers to one of three 6th to 8th-century CE Hindu temples in Badami, Bagalkot district of Karnataka, India. They illustrate the early Chalukya style, and are among the better preserved illustrations of Dravida Hindu architecture.
- 5Bhutanatha Temples (northern/upper group)
The Bhutanatha group of temples are 7th to 12th century Hindu temples to the east of Agastya lake in Badami, Karnataka state, India.
- 6Bhutanatha group of temples, Badami
The Bhutanatha group of temples are 7th to 12th century Hindu temples to the east of Agastya lake in Badami, Karnataka state, India.
- 7Bhutanatha Temples (eastern group)
The Bhutanatha group of temples are 7th to 12th century Hindu temples to the east of Agastya lake in Badami, Karnataka state, India.
- 8Banashankari Amma Temple
- 9Aihole
village with hundreds of surrounding temples
- 10Badami Shivalaya
Badami Shivalaya refers to one of three 6th to 8th-century CE Hindu temples in Badami, Bagalkot district of Karnataka, India. They illustrate the early Chalukya style, and are among the better preserved illustrations of Dravida Hindu architecture.
- 11Malegitti Shivalaya Temple
Badami Shivalaya refers to one of three 6th to 8th-century CE Hindu temples in Badami, Bagalkot district of Karnataka, India. They illustrate the early Chalukya style, and are among the better preserved illustrations of Dravida Hindu architecture.
- 12Archaeological Museum of Badami
Contains sculptures of various era from the region. To the left of it starts the footpath going up 300 stairs leading to the Lower and Upper Shivalayas.
- 13Mahakuta group of temples
- 14Agastya Lake
Agastya lake, also sometimes written as Agasthya lake or referred to as Vatapi lake, is an artificial lake built c. 5th-7th century in Badami, Karnataka, South India. It is a popular tourist spot, as it is overlooked by the Badami cave temples.
- 15Dattatreya temple
- 16Durga temple, Aihole
- 17Aihole inscription
- 18Jain Narayana Temple
- 19Aihole Jain cave
- 20Chalukya Shiva Temple
- 21Meguti Jain temple