Swamirara Top 25 Thousand Year Old Temples in India - Google | Page 12
Representing few of the earliest known examples of Hindu temples, the Badami Cave Temples
situated in Karnataka are a complex system of rockcut Buddhist, Jain and Hindu shrines. In the
6th Century A.D, under the Chalukya rule, they were carved out by the artisans. Previously,
Badami was known as Vataapi Badami, the early Chalukya dynasty’s capital. In the later times, it
was surrounded by forts on the north and south sides.
12. Badrinath Temple
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