Badami (Karnataka) served as a capital for the Chalukya empire in the period from 5th century AD to 8th century AD. It was here at Badami the Indian temple architecture developed and flourished. Along with Badami, the Chalukyan built temples at Aihole and Pattadkal.
First in the series of three posts, following are some photographs of the wonderful temples that Chalukyan kings commissioned.
liked two of the views of the city with ruins in foreground... lovely... esp the one with the lake...
ReplyDeleteAmazing pictures! This takes me down the memory lane, I visited this place when I was 14. If not I am not mistaken, these temples are monolithic, right? These are igneous rocks, right?
ReplyDeleteAlso, if I remember correctly, there is a beautiful carving of a Natarja at the entrance of one of the temples. Did you see it?
Well, as expected it is good as your fame ...
ReplyDeleteBut pic of lake is really awesome ...
It is like ... spreading silence ... breaking the dawn ... and somewhere there is a hope ... Seems far away ... but it is there that is what we call as the relief of life ... a light which getting intense as you try hard to break the darkness ... :)
Bhari ahe muklya !
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