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.pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:220px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:220px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:220px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Karnataka_relief_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map showing the location of Badami Temple"><img alt="Map showing the location of Badami Temple" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/India_Karnataka_relief_map.svg/220px-India_Karnataka_relief_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="312" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/India_Karnataka_relief_map.svg/330px-India_Karnataka_relief_map.svg.png 1.5x, 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/></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:66.405%;left:27.138%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Badami Temple"><img alt="Map showing the location of Badami Temple" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of India</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-label">Discovery</th><td class="infobox-data">6th Century</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Geology</th><td class="infobox-data">Sandstone</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Difficulty</th><td class="infobox-data">hard</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Features</th><td class="infobox-data">UNESCO world heritage site candidate<sup id="cite_ref-unescobct2004_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unescobct2004-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Badami cave temples</b> are a complex of <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jain</a> cave temples located in <a href="/wiki/Badami" title="Badami">Badami</a>, a town in the <a href="/wiki/Bagalkot_district" title="Bagalkot district">Bagalkot district</a> in northern part of <a href="/wiki/Karnataka,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Karnataka, India">Karnataka, India</a>. The caves are important examples of <a href="/wiki/Indian_rock-cut_architecture" title="Indian rock-cut architecture">Indian rock-cut architecture</a>, especially <a href="/wiki/Badami_Chalukya_architecture" title="Badami Chalukya architecture">Badami Chalukya architecture</a>, and the earliest date from the 6th century. Badami is a modern name and was previously known as "Vataapi", the capital of the early <a href="/wiki/Chalukya_dynasty" title="Chalukya dynasty">Chalukya dynasty</a>, which ruled much of Karnataka from the 6th to the 8th century. Badami is situated on the west bank of a man-made lake ringed by an earthen wall with stone steps; it is surrounded on the north and south by forts built during Early Chalukya and in later times. </p><p>The Badami cave temples represent some of the earliest known examples of <a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temples</a> in the Deccan region. They along with the temples in <a href="/wiki/Aihole" title="Aihole">Aihole</a> transformed the Mallaprabha River valley into a cradle of temple architecture that influenced the components of later Hindu temples elsewhere in India. </p><p>The 4 caves are all in the escarpment of the hill in soft Badami <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstone</a> formation, to the south-east of the town. In Cave 1, among various sculptures of Hindu divinities and themes, a prominent carving is of the dancing <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> as <a href="/wiki/Nataraja" title="Nataraja">Nataraja</a>. Cave 2 is mostly similar to Cave 1 in terms of its layout and dimensions, featuring Hindu subjects of which the Hari Hara, Ardhanari shiva, Mahishamardini, Dwi Bahu Ganesha and Skanda in a separate antichamber on extended cave at western side-next to great Nataraja sculpture. Cave 2 has premier images of <a href="/wiki/Relief" title="Relief">relief</a> of <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a> as <a href="/wiki/Trivikrama" class="mw-redirect" title="Trivikrama">Trivikrama</a> is the largest. The largest cave is Cave 3, featuring Vishnu as Ananta seated on coiled serpent, Varaha with Bhudevi, Harihara, Narasimha in standing posture, great image of Trivikrama and Virata Vishnu. The cave has fine carvings exhibiting matured stage of Karnataka ancient art. Cave 4 is dedicated to revered figures of Jainism. Around the lake, Badami has additional caves of which one may be a <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a> cave. Another Cave like gallery known as Arali Tirtha has around twenty seven carvings. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badami_cave_temples&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Badami cave temples are located in the town of <a href="/wiki/Badami" title="Badami">Badami</a> in the north-central part of <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, India. The temples are about 88 miles (142 km) east of <a href="/wiki/Belagavi" class="mw-redirect" title="Belagavi">Belagavi</a> (IATA Code: IXT), and 87 miles (140 km) northwest of <a href="/wiki/Hampi" title="Hampi">Hampi</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Malaprabha_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Malaprabha river">Malaprabha River</a> is 3 miles (4.8 km) away. The cave temples are 14 miles (23 km) from the UNESCO world heritage site <a href="/wiki/Pattadakal" title="Pattadakal">Pattadakal</a> and 22 miles (35 km) from <a href="/wiki/Aihole" title="Aihole">Aihole</a> – another site with over a hundred ancient and early medieval era Hindu, Jain and Buddhist monuments.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201712–17,_78,_108_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201712–17,_78,_108-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:6th_-_7th_century_Badami_cave_temples_layout_exterior_annotated.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/6th_-_7th_century_Badami_cave_temples_layout_exterior_annotated.jpg/220px-6th_-_7th_century_Badami_cave_temples_layout_exterior_annotated.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/6th_-_7th_century_Badami_cave_temples_layout_exterior_annotated.jpg/330px-6th_-_7th_century_Badami_cave_temples_layout_exterior_annotated.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/6th_-_7th_century_Badami_cave_temples_layout_exterior_annotated.jpg/440px-6th_-_7th_century_Badami_cave_temples_layout_exterior_annotated.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Caves on the cliff above Agastya Lake</figcaption></figure> <p>Badami, also referred to as <i>Vatapi</i>, <i>Vatapipura</i>, <i>Vatapinagari</i> and <i>Agastya Tirtha</i> in historical texts,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880405_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880405-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the capital of <a href="/wiki/Chalukya_dynasty" title="Chalukya dynasty">Chalukya dynasty</a> in the 6th century, is at the exit point of a ravine between two steep mountain cliffs. Four cave temples in the <a href="/wiki/Escarpment" title="Escarpment">escarpment</a> of the hill to the south-east of the town were carved into the cliff's monolithic stone face. The escarpment is above a man-made lake called <a href="/wiki/Agastya" title="Agastya">Agastya</a> Teertha, created by an earthen dam faced with stone steps. To the west end of this cliff, at its lowest point, is the first cave temple.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880405–406_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880405–406-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-History_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest and highest cave is Cave 3, which is further to the east on the northern face of the hill.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fourth cave, Cave 4, is a few steps down further east.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880405_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880405-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Madan_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Madan-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201436–50_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201436–50-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badami_cave_temples&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:6th_century_Kannada_inscription_in_cave_temple_number_3_at_Badami.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/6th_century_Kannada_inscription_in_cave_temple_number_3_at_Badami.jpg/220px-6th_century_Kannada_inscription_in_cave_temple_number_3_at_Badami.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/6th_century_Kannada_inscription_in_cave_temple_number_3_at_Badami.jpg/330px-6th_century_Kannada_inscription_in_cave_temple_number_3_at_Badami.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/6th_century_Kannada_inscription_in_cave_temple_number_3_at_Badami.jpg/440px-6th_century_Kannada_inscription_in_cave_temple_number_3_at_Badami.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1818" data-file-height="1228" /></a><figcaption>Epigraphy in the Kannada language (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 578</span>) dating the carving of Cave<span class="nowrap"> </span>3</figcaption></figure> <p>The cave temples, numbered 1 to 4 in the order of their creation, in the town of Badami – the capital city of the <a href="/wiki/Chalukya_dynasty" title="Chalukya dynasty">Chalukya kingdom</a> (also known as Early Chalukyas<sup id="cite_ref-History_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) – are dated from the late 6th century onwards. The exact dating is known only for Cave 3, which is a temple dedicated to Vishnu. An inscription found here records the dedication of the shrine by <a href="/wiki/Mangalesha" title="Mangalesha">Mangalesha</a> in <i>Saka 500</i> (solar calendar, 578/579<span class="nowrap"> </span>CE).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880409_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880409-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The inscription, written in the old <a href="/wiki/Kannada_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada language">Kannada language</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880405_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880405-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201450_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201450-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has enabled the dating of these rock cave temples to the 6th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880405_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880405-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBurgess1880406_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBurgess1880406-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This makes the cave the oldest firmly-dated Hindu cave temple in India.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Badami Caves complex is part of a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>-designated <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> candidate under the title "Evolution of Temple Architecture – Aihole-Badami-Pattadakal" in the Malaprabha river valley, considered a cradle of temple architecture that formed the model for later Hindu temples in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-Madan_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Madan-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-unescobct2004_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unescobct2004-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The artwork in Caves 1 and 2 exhibit the northern Deccan style of the 6th and 7th centuries, while those in Cave 3 simultaneously represent two ancient Indian artistic traditions; the northern <a href="/wiki/Nagara_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagara architecture">Nagara</a> and the southern <a href="/wiki/Dravidian_architecture" title="Dravidian architecture">Dravida</a> styles.<sup id="cite_ref-jcharle_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jcharle-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cave 3 also shows icons and reliefs in the so-called <i><a href="/wiki/Vesara" title="Vesara">Vesara</a></i> style, a fusion of ideas from the two styles, as well as some of the earliest surviving historical examples in Karnataka of <a href="/wiki/Yantra" title="Yantra">yantra</a>-chakra motifs (geometric symbolism) and colored fresco paintings.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stellakramrischpaint_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stellakramrischpaint-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first three caves feature sculptures of Hindu icons and legends focusing on <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-aliceboner_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aliceboner-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Cave 4 features Jain icons and themes.<sup id="cite_ref-aaacave4_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaacave4-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temple_caves">Temple caves</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badami_cave_temples&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Temple caves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Badami cave temples are carved out of soft Badami <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstone</a> on a hill cliff.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plan of each of the four caves (1 to 4) includes an entrance with a verandah (<i>mukha mantapa</i>) supported by stone columns and <a href="/wiki/Bracket_(architecture)" title="Bracket (architecture)">brackets</a>, a distinctive feature of these caves, leading to a columned <a href="/wiki/Mantapa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mantapa">mantapa</a>, or main hall (also <i>maha mantapa</i>), and then to the small, square shrine (<a href="/wiki/Sanctum_sanctorum" title="Sanctum sanctorum">sanctum sanctorum</a>, <i>garbha ghriya</i>) cut deep inside the cave.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThapar201245_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThapar201245-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cave temples are linked by a stepped path with intermediate terraces overlooking the town and lake. The cave temples are labelled 1–4 in their ascending series; this numbering does not reflect the sequence of excavation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201437_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201437-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The architecture includes structures built in the <a href="/wiki/Nagara_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagara architecture">Nagara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dravidian_architecture" title="Dravidian architecture">Dravidian styles</a>, which is the first and most persistent architectural idiom to be adopted by the <a href="/wiki/Chalukyas" class="mw-redirect" title="Chalukyas">early chalukyas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201437_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201437-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cave_1">Cave 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badami_cave_temples&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cave 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Badami.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Badami.JPG/220px-Badami.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Badami.JPG/330px-Badami.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Badami.JPG/440px-Badami.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Entrance to Cave<span class="nowrap"> </span>1</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Temple_troglodytique_d%C3%A9di%C3%A9_%C3%A0_Shiva_(Badami,_Inde)_(14146091479).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Temple_troglodytique_d%C3%A9di%C3%A9_%C3%A0_Shiva_%28Badami%2C_Inde%29_%2814146091479%29.jpg/220px-Temple_troglodytique_d%C3%A9di%C3%A9_%C3%A0_Shiva_%28Badami%2C_Inde%29_%2814146091479%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Temple_troglodytique_d%C3%A9di%C3%A9_%C3%A0_Shiva_%28Badami%2C_Inde%29_%2814146091479%29.jpg/330px-Temple_troglodytique_d%C3%A9di%C3%A9_%C3%A0_Shiva_%28Badami%2C_Inde%29_%2814146091479%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Temple_troglodytique_d%C3%A9di%C3%A9_%C3%A0_Shiva_%28Badami%2C_Inde%29_%2814146091479%29.jpg/440px-Temple_troglodytique_d%C3%A9di%C3%A9_%C3%A0_Shiva_%28Badami%2C_Inde%29_%2814146091479%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="844" data-file-height="1181" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nataraja" title="Nataraja">Nataraja</a> or Dancing Shiva in Cave<span class="nowrap"> </span>1</figcaption></figure> <p>Cave 1 is about 59 feet (18 m) above ground level on the north-west part of the hill. Access is through a series of steps that depict carvings of dwarfish <a href="/wiki/Gana" title="Gana">ganas</a> in different postures as if they hold the cave floor.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880413_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880413-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The verandah, with an inner measurement of 70 feet (21 m) by 65 feet (20 m), has five columns sculpted with reliefs of flower garlands, foliage and jewelry.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201437–38_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201437–38-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Nataraja Carving</b> </p><p>The cave portrays the <a href="/wiki/Tandava" title="Tandava">Tandava</a>-dancing Shiva as <a href="/wiki/Nataraja" title="Nataraja">Nataraja</a> on the rock face to the right of entrance and also part of Gandharveda.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201437–38_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201437–38-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880414_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880414-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aliceboner_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aliceboner-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The image, 5 feet (1.5 m) tall, has 18 arms (9 in left and 9 on right) in a form that expresses the dance position (about 9x9=81 combinations in total) arranged in a geometric pattern, which <a href="/wiki/Alice_Boner" title="Alice Boner">Alice Boner</a> – a <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Swiss</a> art historian and <a href="/wiki/Indologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Indologist">Indologist</a>, states is a time division symbolizing the cosmic wheel.<sup id="cite_ref-aliceboner_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aliceboner-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The eighteen arms express Natya <a href="/wiki/Mudra" title="Mudra">mudras</a> (symbolic hand gestures),<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with some holding objects such as drums, a flame torch, a serpent, a trident and an axe.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shiva has his son <a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a> and the bull <a href="/wiki/Nandi_(bull)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nandi (bull)">Nandi</a> by his side. Adjoining the Nataraja, the wall depicts the goddess <a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a> of <a href="/wiki/Shaktism" title="Shaktism">Shaktism</a> tradition slaying the buffalo-demon <a href="/wiki/Mahishasura" title="Mahishasura">Mahishasura</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sculptors had excellent knowledge of the natya mudras of Bharatanatya (a very popular classical dance in southern part of India), because there is no chance to correct any errors and it has to be perfectly carved at the first place otherwise the entire cave has to be abandoned. </p><p><b>Mahisasura Mardini Carving</b> </p><p>On the right side of the Nataraja carving is a carving of <a href="/wiki/Mahishasura" title="Mahishasura">Mahishasura mardini</a> with Chaturbhuja (Chatur means 4, Bhuja means hands). The sculpture depicts the killing of the demon Mahishasura by Durga. Mahishasura was the son of Mahisi and great grandson of Bhahmarishi Kashyapa. </p><p>On the left of the entrance is a two-handed Shaiva <a href="/wiki/Dvarapala" title="Dvarapala">dvarapala</a> who holds a trident, and below him is a bull-elephant fused image where they share a head; seen from left it is an elephant and from right a bull.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Harihara Carving</b> </p><p>Inside the veranda, the cave presents a carved sculpture of <a href="/wiki/Harihara" title="Harihara">Harihara</a>, a 7.75-foot (2.36 m) high sculpture of a fused image that is half-Shiva and half-<a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a>. He is flanked by the goddesses <a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a> on each side.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880414_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880414-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Ardhanareshwara Carving</b> </p><p>To the right, toward the end of the wall, is a relief sculpture of <a href="/wiki/Ardhanarishvara" title="Ardhanarishvara">Ardhanarishvara</a>, a fused image of Shiva and his consort Parvati. One half of the image has Shiva with a moon on his mukuta (head), snakes in his hands, earrings and next to the half that represents Parvati is an attendant carrying a tray of jewels. Next to the Ardhanarishvara half that represents Shiva is Nandi the bull, and skeletal <a href="/wiki/Bhringi" title="Bhringi">Bhringi</a>, a devotee of Shiva.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880414–415_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880414–415-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47_25-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bhringi sadhu carvings shows the advance knowledge of anatomy for the whole body which includes the Skulls, Ribs, bones on hands and legs. </p><p>The carvings of Ardhanareshwara and Harihara were carefully built with a vision by the Chalukya kings delivering message to the Chalukya citizens about the equal rights for men and women in the society and need to mutually respect each other. There is no great male and no great female. </p><p>Inside this cave, the sons of Shiva, Ganesha and <a href="/wiki/Kartikeya" title="Kartikeya">Kartikeya</a>, the god of war and family deity of the Chalukya dynasty, are seen in one of the carved sculptures on the walls of the cave, with Kartikeya riding a peacock.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880413_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880413-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201437–38_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201437–38-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The roof of the cave has five carved panels with the central panel depicting the <a href="/wiki/Nagaraja" title="Nagaraja">Nagaraja</a>, with flying couples on both sides.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47_25-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The head and bust are well formed and project from the centre of the coil. In another compartment a bas-relief 2.5 feet (0.76 m) in diameter has carvings of a male and female; the male is <a href="/wiki/Yaksha" title="Yaksha">Yaksha</a> carrying a sword and the female is <a href="/wiki/Apsara" title="Apsara">Apsara</a> with a flying veil. The succeeding panel has carvings of two small figures and the panel at the end is carved with lotuses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880416_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880416-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All the figures are adorned with carved ornaments and surrounded by borders with reliefs of animals and birds. The lotus design is a common theme. On the ceiling are images of the <a href="/wiki/Vidyadhara" title="Vidyadhara">Vidyadhara</a> couples as well as couples in courtship and erotic <a href="/wiki/Mithuna" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithuna">Mithuna</a> scenes. Through a cleft in the back wall of the cave is a square sanctuary with more carved images. In the mantapa is a seated Nandi facing the <i>garbha ghruha</i> (sacrum sanctum) containing a <a href="/wiki/Lingam" title="Lingam">Shiva linga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201437–38_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201437–38-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47_25-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201746–47-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cave_2">Cave 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badami_cave_temples&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cave 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:358px;max-width:358px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:177px;max-width:177px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Badami_Cave_2_si05-1588.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Badami_Cave_2_si05-1588.jpg/175px-Badami_Cave_2_si05-1588.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Badami_Cave_2_si05-1588.jpg/263px-Badami_Cave_2_si05-1588.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Badami_Cave_2_si05-1588.jpg/350px-Badami_Cave_2_si05-1588.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:177px;max-width:177px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:7th_century_Trivikrama,_Vishnu_avatar_Vamana_legend_in_Cave_2,_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/7th_century_Trivikrama%2C_Vishnu_avatar_Vamana_legend_in_Cave_2%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka.jpg/175px-7th_century_Trivikrama%2C_Vishnu_avatar_Vamana_legend_in_Cave_2%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/7th_century_Trivikrama%2C_Vishnu_avatar_Vamana_legend_in_Cave_2%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka.jpg/263px-7th_century_Trivikrama%2C_Vishnu_avatar_Vamana_legend_in_Cave_2%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/7th_century_Trivikrama%2C_Vishnu_avatar_Vamana_legend_in_Cave_2%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka.jpg/350px-7th_century_Trivikrama%2C_Vishnu_avatar_Vamana_legend_in_Cave_2%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Left: Vishnu as <a href="/wiki/Varaha" title="Varaha">Varaha</a> rescuing Earth as <a href="/wiki/Bhudevi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhudevi">Bhudevi</a>. Right: <a href="/wiki/Trivikrama" class="mw-redirect" title="Trivikrama">Trivikrama</a> stepping Vishnu, <a href="/wiki/Vamana" title="Vamana">Vamana</a> avatar legend and ancient Indian musical instruments carved below.</div></div></div></div> <p>Cave 2 is above and to the east of Cave<span class="nowrap"> </span>1 and faces north. It was created in late 6th or early 7th century. It is smaller than Cave<span class="nowrap"> </span>1, somewhat similar in terms of its floor plan, but it is dedicated primarily to Vishnu.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201744–48_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201744–48-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cave<span class="nowrap"> </span>2 is reached by climbing 64 steps from the first cave. The cave entrance is a verandah divided by four square pillars with ends as half pillars, all carved out of the monolithic stone face. The pillars have decorative carvings with frieze of <i>ganas</i> (mythical dwarfs) with various facial expressions. On the two sides of the entrance are standing <i>dvarapalas</i> (guardians) holding flowers, not weapons.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201744–48_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201744–48-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like Cave<span class="nowrap"> </span>1, Cave 2 art reflects Hindu theology and arts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201744–48_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201744–48-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The largest relief in Cave 2 depicts the legend of Vishnu in his <a href="/wiki/Trivikrama" class="mw-redirect" title="Trivikrama">Trivikrama</a> form, taking one of the <a href="/wiki/Vishnu#Trivikrama:_The_Three_Steps_of_Vishnu" title="Vishnu">three steps</a>. Below the raised step is a frieze showing the legend of <a href="/wiki/Vamana" title="Vamana">Vamana</a> dwarf avatar of Vishnu, before he morphs into the Trivikrama form.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another major relief shows the legend of Vishnu in his <a href="/wiki/Varaha" title="Varaha">Varaha</a> (a boar) avatar rescuing goddess earth (<a href="/wiki/Bhudevi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhudevi">Bhudevi</a>) from the depths of cosmic ocean, with a penitent multi-headed snake (<i><a href="/wiki/N%C4%81ga" title="Nāga">Nāga</a></i>) below.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201747–48_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201747–48-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like other major <i><a href="/wiki/Murti" title="Murti">murti</a></i> (statue) in this and other Badami caves, the Varaha artwork is set in a circle and symmetrically laid out; according to Alice Boner, the panel is an upright rectangle whose "height is equal to the octopartite directing circle and sides are aligned to essential geometric ratios, in this case to the second vertical chord of the circle".<sup id="cite_ref-aliceboner_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aliceboner-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The walls and ceiling have traces of colored paint, suggesting the cave used to have fresco paintings.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Inside the temple are friezes showing stories from Hindu texts such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana" title="Bhagavata Purana">Bhagavata Purana</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-aliceboner_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aliceboner-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These show the legend of cosmic ocean churning (<i><a href="/wiki/Samudra_manthan" class="mw-redirect" title="Samudra manthan">Samudra Manthan</a></i>) and Krishna's birth and flute playing indicating the theological and cultural significance of these in 7th century India. The ceiling and door head carvings show <a href="/wiki/Gajalakshmi" title="Gajalakshmi">Gajalakshmi</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Swastika" title="Swastika">swastika</a> symbols, flying couples, Brahma, Vishnu asleep on Shesha and others.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201744–48_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201744–48-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Boner1990p89_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boner1990p89-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ceiling of Cave 2 shows a wheel with sixteen fish spokes in a square frame. The end bays have a flying couple and Vishnu on <a href="/wiki/Garuda" title="Garuda">Garuda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50_11-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main hall in the cave is 33.33 feet (10.16 m) wide, 23.583 feet (7.188 m) deep, and 11.33 feet (3.45 m) high and is supported by eight square pillars in two rows. The roof of this hall has panels filled with bas-relief carvings.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880412_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880412-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sculptures of Cave 2, like Cave 1, are of the northern Deccan style of the 6th and 7th century similar to that found in <a href="/wiki/Ellora_Caves" title="Ellora Caves">Ellora Caves</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jcharle_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jcharle-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cave_3">Cave 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badami_cave_temples&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cave 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:322px;max-width:322px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:177px;max-width:177px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Badami_Cave_3_si05-1613.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Badami_Cave_3_si05-1613.jpg/175px-Badami_Cave_3_si05-1613.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Badami_Cave_3_si05-1613.jpg/263px-Badami_Cave_3_si05-1613.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Badami_Cave_3_si05-1613.jpg/350px-Badami_Cave_3_si05-1613.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:141px;max-width:141px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:6th_century_amorous_couple_on_pillar_top_looking_below_in_Cave_3,_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/6th_century_amorous_couple_on_pillar_top_looking_below_in_Cave_3%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka_1.jpg/139px-6th_century_amorous_couple_on_pillar_top_looking_below_in_Cave_3%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="139" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/6th_century_amorous_couple_on_pillar_top_looking_below_in_Cave_3%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka_1.jpg/209px-6th_century_amorous_couple_on_pillar_top_looking_below_in_Cave_3%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/6th_century_amorous_couple_on_pillar_top_looking_below_in_Cave_3%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka_1.jpg/278px-6th_century_amorous_couple_on_pillar_top_looking_below_in_Cave_3%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2420" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Left: Vishnu seated on serpent Sesha in Cave 3; Right: An amorous couple</div></div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Vishnu_-_Badami.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Lord_Vishnu_-_Badami.jpg/220px-Lord_Vishnu_-_Badami.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Lord_Vishnu_-_Badami.jpg/330px-Lord_Vishnu_-_Badami.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Lord_Vishnu_-_Badami.jpg/440px-Lord_Vishnu_-_Badami.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1333" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Cave 3 is earliest dated <a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temple</a> in the Deccan region. It is dedicated to Vishnu; it is the largest cave in the complex. It has intricately carved friezes and giant figures of Trivikrama, Anantasayana, Vasudeva, Varaha, <a href="/wiki/Harihara" title="Harihara">Harihara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Narasimha" title="Narasimha">Narasimha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50_11-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201438–50-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cave<span class="nowrap"> </span>3's primary theme is <a href="/wiki/Vaishnavite" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaishnavite">Vaishnavite</a>, though it also shows <a href="/wiki/Harihara" title="Harihara">Harihara</a> on its southern wall – <sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> half Vishnu and half Shiva shown fused as one, making the cave important to <a href="/wiki/Shaivism" title="Shaivism">Shaivism</a> studies.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201450_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201450-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Facing north, Cave 3 is 60 steps from Cave<span class="nowrap"> </span>2 at a higher level. Cave<span class="nowrap"> </span>3's verandah is 70 feet (21 m) in length with an interior width of 65 feet (20 m); it has been sculpted 48 feet (15 m) deep into the mountain; an added square shrine at the end extends the cave 12 feet (3.7 m) further inside.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880406_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880406-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The verandah itself is 7 feet (2.1 m) wide and has four free-standing, carved pillars separating it from the hall. The cave is 15 feet (4.6 m) high; it is supported by six pillars, each measuring 2.5 square feet (0.23 m<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880406–407_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880406–407-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each column and pilaster is carved with wide, deep bases crowned with capitals that are partly hidden by brackets on three sides. Each bracket, except for one, has carvings of human figures standing under foliage in different postures, of male and female mythological characters, and an attendant figure of a dwarf. A moulded cornice in the facia, with a <a href="/wiki/Dado_(architecture)" title="Dado (architecture)">dado</a> of blocks below it (generally 7 feet (2.1 m) long), has about thirty compartments carved with two dwarves called <i><a href="/wiki/Ganas" title="Ganas">ganas</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880406–407_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880406–407-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plan_of_6th_century_Badami_Cave_3_Hindu_temple,_annotated.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Plan_of_6th_century_Badami_Cave_3_Hindu_temple%2C_annotated.jpg/220px-Plan_of_6th_century_Badami_Cave_3_Hindu_temple%2C_annotated.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Plan_of_6th_century_Badami_Cave_3_Hindu_temple%2C_annotated.jpg/330px-Plan_of_6th_century_Badami_Cave_3_Hindu_temple%2C_annotated.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Plan_of_6th_century_Badami_Cave_3_Hindu_temple%2C_annotated.jpg/440px-Plan_of_6th_century_Badami_Cave_3_Hindu_temple%2C_annotated.jpg 2x" data-file-width="643" data-file-height="584" /></a><figcaption>Layout of Cave 3 temple; 1: Vishnu; 2: Trivikrama; 3: Vishnu on sesha; 4: Vishnu avatar Varaha rescuing earth; 5: Harihara (half Shiva, half Vishnu); 6: Vishnu avatar Narasimha standing; 7: Garbha ghriya (sacrum sanctum); Blue O: ceiling carvings of Vedic and Puranic Hindu gods and goddesses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201749_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201749-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Cave 3 also shows fresco paintings on the ceiling, some of which are faded and broken. These are among the earliest known surviving evidence of fresco painting in Indian art.<sup id="cite_ref-stellakramrischpaint_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stellakramrischpaint-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hindu god Brahma is seen on <a href="/wiki/Hamsa_(bird)" title="Hamsa (bird)">Hamsa</a> vahana in one of the murals. <a href="/wiki/Kalyanasundara" title="Kalyanasundara">The wedding of Shiva and Parvati</a>, attended by various Hindu deities is the theme of another.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ceiling_Cave3_badami.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ceiling_Cave3_badami.jpg/220px-Ceiling_Cave3_badami.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ceiling_Cave3_badami.jpg/330px-Ceiling_Cave3_badami.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ceiling_Cave3_badami.jpg/440px-Ceiling_Cave3_badami.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1870" data-file-height="1250" /></a><figcaption>Ceiling in the Cave-3 with images of Swasthika on two ends with a <a href="/wiki/Matsya" title="Matsya">Matsya</a> avatara of Vishnu in the middle</figcaption></figure> <p>There is a lotus medallion on the floor underneath the ceiling mural of Brahma. The ceiling has reliefs of many Vedic gods and goddesses such as Agni, Indra and Varuna.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201748–50_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201748–50-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cave artworks, in some cases, show the artists signatures, as well as a major inscription. This and other epigraphical evidence suggests that the cave temple was inaugurated on the "full moon day, 1 November 578".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201753_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201753-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The roof of the verandah has seven panels created by cross beams; each is painted in circular compartments with images of deities including Shiva, Vishnu, <a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a>, Brahma and <a href="/wiki/Kamadeva" title="Kamadeva">Kama</a>, with smaller images of <a href="/wiki/Guardians_of_the_directions" title="Guardians of the directions">Dikpalas</a> (cardinal guardians) at the corners.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880411_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880411-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:6th_century_Vishnu_lifting_a_collapsing_woman_on_pillar_top_looking_below_in_Cave_3,_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/6th_century_Vishnu_lifting_a_collapsing_woman_on_pillar_top_looking_below_in_Cave_3%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka_1.jpg/180px-6th_century_Vishnu_lifting_a_collapsing_woman_on_pillar_top_looking_below_in_Cave_3%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/6th_century_Vishnu_lifting_a_collapsing_woman_on_pillar_top_looking_below_in_Cave_3%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka_1.jpg/270px-6th_century_Vishnu_lifting_a_collapsing_woman_on_pillar_top_looking_below_in_Cave_3%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/6th_century_Vishnu_lifting_a_collapsing_woman_on_pillar_top_looking_below_in_Cave_3%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka_1.jpg/360px-6th_century_Vishnu_lifting_a_collapsing_woman_on_pillar_top_looking_below_in_Cave_3%2C_Badami_Hindu_cave_temple_Karnataka_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2618" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Artwork shows a collapsing sorrowful woman being helped.</figcaption></figure> <p>The roof of the front aisle has panels with murals in the centre of male and female figurines flying in the clouds; the male figure is <a href="/wiki/Yaksha" title="Yaksha">yaksha</a> holding a sword and a shield. Decoration of lotus blooms are also seen on the panels. The roof of the hall is divided into nine panels slightly above the level of the ceiling. The central panel here depicts a <a href="/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)" title="Deva (Hinduism)">deva</a> mounted on a ram – conjectured to be <a href="/wiki/Agni" title="Agni">Agni</a>. Images of Brahma and <a href="/wiki/Varuna" title="Varuna">Varuna</a> are also painted on the central panels; the floating figures are seen in the remaining panels.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880412_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880412-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sculpture in Cave 3 is well preserved. Vishnu is presented in various avatars and forms, such as a standing Vishnu with eight arms; Vishnu seated on the hooded serpent Shesha on the eastern side of the veranda; Vishnu as standing Narasimha (man-lion avatar); Vishnu as Varaha (man-boar avatar) rescuing earth; Harihara (half Shiva, half Vishnu and their equivalence); and Trivikrama-Vamana avatars.<sup id="cite_ref-aliceboner_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aliceboner-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201748–50_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201748–50-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The back wall has carvings of <a href="/wiki/Vidyadhara" title="Vidyadhara">Vidhyadharas</a>. The cave shows many <i><a href="/wiki/Kama" title="Kama">Kama</a></i> scenes in pillar brackets, where a woman and a man are in courtship or <i><a href="/wiki/Mithuna" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithuna">mithuna</a></i> (erotic) embrace.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Singh2008p629_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singh2008p629-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aspects of the culture, cosmetics and clothing in the 6th century is visible in the art sculpted in this cave, showing a sophisticated tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201445-55_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201445-55-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Meister1986p32_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meister1986p32-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cave_4">Cave 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badami_cave_temples&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Cave 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:366px;max-width:366px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:192px;max-width:192px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Relief_of_Jain_Tirthankara_Parshvanath_in_the_Badami_cave_temple_no.4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Relief_of_Jain_Tirthankara_Parshvanath_in_the_Badami_cave_temple_no.4.jpg/190px-Relief_of_Jain_Tirthankara_Parshvanath_in_the_Badami_cave_temple_no.4.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Relief_of_Jain_Tirthankara_Parshvanath_in_the_Badami_cave_temple_no.4.jpg/285px-Relief_of_Jain_Tirthankara_Parshvanath_in_the_Badami_cave_temple_no.4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Relief_of_Jain_Tirthankara_Parshvanath_in_the_Badami_cave_temple_no.4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Tirthankara <a href="/wiki/Parshvanatha" title="Parshvanatha">Parshvanatha</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:170px;max-width:170px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Badami,_H%C3%B6hle_4,_Bahubali_(1999).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Badami%2C_H%C3%B6hle_4%2C_Bahubali_%281999%29.jpg/168px-Badami%2C_H%C3%B6hle_4%2C_Bahubali_%281999%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="168" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Badami%2C_H%C3%B6hle_4%2C_Bahubali_%281999%29.jpg/252px-Badami%2C_H%C3%B6hle_4%2C_Bahubali_%281999%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Badami%2C_H%C3%B6hle_4%2C_Bahubali_%281999%29.jpg/336px-Badami%2C_H%C3%B6hle_4%2C_Bahubali_%281999%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1840" data-file-height="2760" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Bahubali" title="Bahubali">Bahubali</a> in Jain Cave 4</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Located immediately next to and east of Cave<span class="nowrap"> </span>3, Cave<span class="nowrap"> </span>4 floor is situated about 10 feet lower and is the smallest of the four. It is dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankaras</a>, the revered figures of <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a>. It was constructed after the first three, sponsored by <a href="/wiki/Hindu_king" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu king">Hindu kings</a> in later part of the 7th-century.<sup id="cite_ref-Owen2012p6_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Owen2012p6-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some scholars state this cave may have been created in the 8th<span class="nowrap"> </span>century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201460-61_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201460-61-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some embellishments were likely added in later centuries until about the 11th or 12th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201753–54_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201753–54-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like the other caves, Cave 4 features detailed carvings and a diverse range of motifs.<sup id="cite_ref-aaacave4_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaacave4-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201753–54_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201753–54-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cave has a five-bayed entrance with four square columns – each with brackets and capitals. To the back of this verandah is a hall with two standalone and two joined pillars. The first aisle is a verandah 31 feet (9.4 m) long by 6.5 feet (2.0 m) wide, extending to 16 feet (4.9 m) deep. From the hall, steps lead to the <a href="/wiki/Sanctum_sanctorum" title="Sanctum sanctorum">sanctum sanctorum</a>, which is 25.5 feet (7.8 m) wide extends to a depth of 6 feet (1.8 m).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880491_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880491-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Inside the cave are major carvings of <a href="/wiki/Bahubali" title="Bahubali">Bahubali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parshvanatha" title="Parshvanatha">Parshvanatha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mahavira" title="Mahavira">Mahavira</a> with symbolic display of other Tirthankaras. Bahubali is standing in <a href="/wiki/Kayotsarga" title="Kayotsarga">Kayotsarga</a> meditating posture with vines wrapped around his leg, his classic iconography. Parshvanatha is shown with the five-headed cobra hood.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201753–54_52-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201753–54-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mahavira is represented sitting on a lion throne,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201460_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201460-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880491_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880491-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whose identifying markers are not visibly and is identified by some scholars simply as a "seated Jina".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201753–54_52-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201753–54-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This figure is flanked by bas-reliefs of attendants with <i>chauri</i> (fans), <i>sardulas</i> and <a href="/wiki/Makara_(Hindu_mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Makara (Hindu mythology)">makara</a>'s heads. Other carvings include <a href="/wiki/Indrabhuti_Gautama" class="mw-redirect" title="Indrabhuti Gautama">Indrabhuti Gautama</a> covered by four snakes, Brahmi and Sundari.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201460-61_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201460-61-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880491_53-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFergusson1880491-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the sanctum is an image of Mahavira resting on a pedestal containing a 12th-century Kannada inscription marking the death of one Jakkave. Twenty-four small Jaina <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a> images are engraved on the inner pillars and walls. In addition there are idols of <a href="/wiki/Yaksha" title="Yaksha">Yakshas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yakshi" class="mw-redirect" title="Yakshi">Yakshis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Padmavati_(Jainism)" title="Padmavati (Jainism)">Padmavati</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201460-61_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201460-61-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The artistic work, the icons to represents ideas and the motifs in Badami Cave 4, states Lisa Owens, resembles those of nearby Aihole Jain caves and much farther north <a href="/wiki/Ellora_Caves" title="Ellora Caves">Ellora Caves</a> Jain caves in northern <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Owen2012p6_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Owen2012p6-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_caves">Other caves</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badami_cave_temples&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other caves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:358px;max-width:358px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:177px;max-width:177px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Defaced_Meditating_Yogi_in_Cave,_with_both_Buddha_and_Vishnu_features_2,_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Defaced_Meditating_Yogi_in_Cave%2C_with_both_Buddha_and_Vishnu_features_2%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg/175px-Defaced_Meditating_Yogi_in_Cave%2C_with_both_Buddha_and_Vishnu_features_2%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Defaced_Meditating_Yogi_in_Cave%2C_with_both_Buddha_and_Vishnu_features_2%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg/263px-Defaced_Meditating_Yogi_in_Cave%2C_with_both_Buddha_and_Vishnu_features_2%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Defaced_Meditating_Yogi_in_Cave%2C_with_both_Buddha_and_Vishnu_features_2%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg/350px-Defaced_Meditating_Yogi_in_Cave%2C_with_both_Buddha_and_Vishnu_features_2%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:177px;max-width:177px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Defaced_Meditating_Yogi_in_Cave,_with_both_Buddha_and_Vishnu_features_3_Annotated,_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Defaced_Meditating_Yogi_in_Cave%2C_with_both_Buddha_and_Vishnu_features_3_Annotated%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg/175px-Defaced_Meditating_Yogi_in_Cave%2C_with_both_Buddha_and_Vishnu_features_3_Annotated%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Defaced_Meditating_Yogi_in_Cave%2C_with_both_Buddha_and_Vishnu_features_3_Annotated%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg/263px-Defaced_Meditating_Yogi_in_Cave%2C_with_both_Buddha_and_Vishnu_features_3_Annotated%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Defaced_Meditating_Yogi_in_Cave%2C_with_both_Buddha_and_Vishnu_features_3_Annotated%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg/350px-Defaced_Meditating_Yogi_in_Cave%2C_with_both_Buddha_and_Vishnu_features_3_Annotated%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Left: The controversial cave along the Agastya lake on the opposite side of the four numbered caves; Right: Vaishnava iconography.</div></div></div></div> <p>Other than the numbered caves, Badami is home to many other cave monuments and medieval era temples.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201755–74_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201755–74-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other side of the lake, near the Bhutanatha temple, is a 7th-8th century Chalukya period cave of small dimensions. Inside, there is a carved statue seated over a sculpted throne with reliefs showing people holding <i>chauris</i> (fans), a Pipal tree,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201761_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201761-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> elephants, and lions in an attacking pose. On one side of the statue is a chakra, on the other a conch shell. The statue wears abundant jewelry and a thread over its chest. The face of this statue is damaged and missing its face.<sup id="cite_ref-bvshetti_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bvshetti-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cave5_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cave5-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are several theories as to who the statue represents. One theory holds that it is a relief of the Buddha in a sitting posture.<sup id="cite_ref-cave5_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cave5-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is supported by two <i>chauri</i> bearers who may be <a href="/wiki/Bodhisattvas" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodhisattvas">Bodhisattvas</a> flanking the Buddha. According to George Michell, the halo, the Pipal tree, and cloak-like dress suggests that this was originally a Buddha statue.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201761_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201761-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to B.V. Shetti – archaeologist and curator of Prince of Wales Museum of Western India,<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the cave was not converted but from the start represented a tribute to <i>Mayamoha</i> of the Hindu <a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a>, or <i>Buddhavatara Vishnu</i> (ninth avatar of Vishnu). This theory is supported by the <a href="/wiki/Sudarshana_Chakra" title="Sudarshana Chakra">chakra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shankha" title="Shankha">conch</a> and jewelry included in its iconography. The style suggests it was likely carved in or before the 8th<span class="nowrap"> </span>century.<sup id="cite_ref-bvshetti_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bvshetti-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another theory found in colonial-era texts such as one by John Murray – a missionary in <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a> and Jainism scholar,<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> states the main image carved in Cave<span class="nowrap"> </span>5 is that of a Jaina figure.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a third theory, by Henry Cousens and A.<span class="nowrap"> </span>Sundara – archaeologists, and supported by local legends, the statue is of an ancient king; in a photograph of the statue taken before its face was damaged, the figure lacked the <a href="/wiki/Ushnisha" title="Ushnisha">Ushnisha</a> lump that typically goes with Buddha's image.<sup id="cite_ref-bvshetti_57-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bvshetti-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The statue has several unusual, non-Buddha ornaments such as rings for fingers, a necklace, and a chest-band; it wears a Hindu <a href="/wiki/Yajnopavita" class="mw-redirect" title="Yajnopavita">Yajnopavita</a> thread and its head is stylistically closer to a <a href="/wiki/Arihant_(Jainism)" title="Arihant (Jainism)">Jina</a> head than a Buddha's head.<sup id="cite_ref-bvshetti_57-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bvshetti-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These features suggest the statue may be of a king represented with features of various traditions.<sup id="cite_ref-bvshetti_57-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bvshetti-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Carol Radcliffe Bolon – Assistant Curator at the Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art, the date and identity of the main statue in Cave<span class="nowrap"> </span>5 remains enigmatic.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anantashayana_Vishnu_with_Lakshmi,_his_avatars_above_him,_a_devotee_couple_with_a_cow_and_calf,_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Anantashayana_Vishnu_with_Lakshmi%2C_his_avatars_above_him%2C_a_devotee_couple_with_a_cow_and_calf%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg/220px-Anantashayana_Vishnu_with_Lakshmi%2C_his_avatars_above_him%2C_a_devotee_couple_with_a_cow_and_calf%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Anantashayana_Vishnu_with_Lakshmi%2C_his_avatars_above_him%2C_a_devotee_couple_with_a_cow_and_calf%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg/330px-Anantashayana_Vishnu_with_Lakshmi%2C_his_avatars_above_him%2C_a_devotee_couple_with_a_cow_and_calf%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Anantashayana_Vishnu_with_Lakshmi%2C_his_avatars_above_him%2C_a_devotee_couple_with_a_cow_and_calf%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg/440px-Anantashayana_Vishnu_with_Lakshmi%2C_his_avatars_above_him%2C_a_devotee_couple_with_a_cow_and_calf%2C_Badami_monuments_Karnataka.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>A small cave rock carving of Anantashayana Vishnu.</figcaption></figure> <p>Close to the controversial cave are other monuments. One of them is a small shrine consisting of a 7th-century rock carving of Anantashayana Vishnu, or reclining Vishnu with Lakshmi and Garuda in namaste posture. Vishnu is shown restarting the cosmic cycle by giving birth to all of existence. Above the reclining carved relief are the ten avatars of Vishnu – Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rama, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki. Between the Narasimha and Vamana is shown relief of Brahma cord connected to Vishnu's navel. To the left of the relief is depicted the Trinity – Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma, while to the right is a human couple and a mother cow with a calf feeding.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMichell201761_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMichell201761-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Manjunath Sullolli – Assistant Director of Bagalkot district working for the state government of Karnataka, reported the discovery of another cave with 27 rock carvings, about 500 metres (1,600 ft) from the four main caves. Water gushes from this newly discovered cave year round. It depicts Vishnu and other Hindu deities, and features an inscription in the <a href="/wiki/Devanagari_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Devanagari script">Devanagari script</a>. The dating of these carvings is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badami_cave_temples&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aihole" title="Aihole">Aihole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badami_Chalukya_Architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Badami Chalukya Architecture">Badami Chalukya Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_rock-cut_architecture" title="Indian rock-cut architecture">Indian rock-cut architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellora_Caves" title="Ellora Caves">Ellora Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanheri_Caves" title="Kanheri Caves">Kanheri Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kappe_Arabhatta" title="Kappe Arabhatta">Kappe Arabhatta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karla_Caves" title="Karla Caves">Karla Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colossal_sculptures_in_situ" title="List of colossal sculptures in situ">List of colossal sculptures in situ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_India_cave_temples" class="mw-redirect" title="List of India cave temples">List of India cave temples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahakuta_group_of_temples" title="Mahakuta group of temples">Mahakuta group of temples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellitheertha_Cave_Temple" title="Nellitheertha Cave Temple">Nellitheertha Cave Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattadakal" title="Pattadakal">Pattadakal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandavleni_Caves" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavleni Caves">Pandavleni Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirpur_Group_of_Monuments" title="Sirpur Group of Monuments">Sirpur Group of Monuments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Undavalli_caves" class="mw-redirect" title="Undavalli caves">Undavalli caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varaha_Cave_Temple" title="Varaha Cave Temple">Varaha Cave Temple</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Motilal Banarsidass (Reprinted 1946 Princeton University Press). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-208-0223-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-208-0223-0"><bdi>978-81-208-0223-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hindu+Temple+Volume+1&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass+%28Reprinted+1946+Princeton+University+Press%29&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=978-81-208-0223-0&rft.au=Stella+Kramrisch&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DNNcXrBlI9S0C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadami+cave+temples" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStella_Kramrisch1979" class="citation book cs1">Stella Kramrisch (1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8-aS52MgIkMC"><i>The Hindu Temple Volume 2</i></a>. Motilal Banarsidass (Reprinted 1946 Princeton University Press). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-208-0224-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-208-0224-7"><bdi>978-81-208-0224-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hindu+Temple+Volume+2&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass+%28Reprinted+1946+Princeton+University+Press%29&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=978-81-208-0224-7&rft.au=Stella+Kramrisch&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8-aS52MgIkMC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadami+cave+temples" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMichael_W._MeisterMadhusudan_Dhaky1986" class="citation book cs1">Michael W. Meister; Madhusudan Dhaky (1986). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=DRY3AQAAIAAJ"><i>Encyclopaedia of Indian temple architecture</i></a>. American Institute of Indian Studies. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8122-7992-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8122-7992-4"><bdi>978-0-8122-7992-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopaedia+of+Indian+temple+architecture&rft.pub=American+Institute+of+Indian+Studies&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=978-0-8122-7992-4&rft.au=Michael+W.+Meister&rft.au=Madhusudan+Dhaky&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DDRY3AQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadami+cave+temples" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGeorge_Michell1988" class="citation book cs1">George Michell (1988). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ajgImLs62gwC"><i>The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms</i></a>. University of Chicago Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-226-53230-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-226-53230-1"><bdi>978-0-226-53230-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hindu+Temple%3A+An+Introduction+to+Its+Meaning+and+Forms&rft.pub=University+of+Chicago+Press&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=978-0-226-53230-1&rft.au=George+Michell&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DajgImLs62gwC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadami+cave+temples" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGeorge_Michell2000" class="citation book cs1">George Michell (2000). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/hinduartarchitec00mich"><i>Hindu Art and Architecture</i></a></span>. Thames & Hudson. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-500-20337-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-500-20337-8"><bdi>978-0-500-20337-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hindu+Art+and+Architecture&rft.pub=Thames+%26+Hudson&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-500-20337-8&rft.au=George+Michell&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhinduartarchitec00mich&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadami+cave+temples" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMichell2014" class="citation book cs1">Michell, George l (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-1TroAEACAAJ"><i>Temple Architecture and Art of the Early Chalukyas: Badami, Mahakuta, Aihole, Pattadakal</i></a>. Niyogi Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-93-83098-33-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-93-83098-33-0"><bdi>978-93-83098-33-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Temple+Architecture+and+Art+of+the+Early+Chalukyas%3A+Badami%2C+Mahakuta%2C+Aihole%2C+Pattadakal&rft.pub=Niyogi+Books&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-93-83098-33-0&rft.aulast=Michell&rft.aufirst=George+l&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-1TroAEACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadami+cave+temples" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMichell2017" class="citation book cs1">Michell, George (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zzTcoQEACAAJ"><i>Badami, Aihole, Pattadakal</i></a>. Jaico (Reprinted, Orig Year: 2011). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-8495-600-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-8495-600-9"><bdi>978-81-8495-600-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Badami%2C+Aihole%2C+Pattadakal&rft.pub=Jaico+%28Reprinted%2C+Orig+Year%3A+2011%29&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-81-8495-600-9&rft.aulast=Michell&rft.aufirst=George&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DzzTcoQEACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadami+cave+temples" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThapar2012" class="citation book cs1">Thapar, Bindia (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fpfTAgAAQBAJ"><i>Introduction to Indian Architecture</i></a>. Tuttle Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4629-0642-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4629-0642-0"><bdi>978-1-4629-0642-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Introduction+to+Indian+Architecture&rft.pub=Tuttle+Publishing&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1-4629-0642-0&rft.aulast=Thapar&rft.aufirst=Bindia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DfpfTAgAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadami+cave+temples" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFT._A._Gopinatha_Rao1993" class="citation book cs1">T. A. Gopinatha Rao (1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MJD-KresBwIC"><i>Elements of Hindu iconography</i></a>. Motilal Banarsidass. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-208-0878-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-208-0878-2"><bdi>978-81-208-0878-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Elements+of+Hindu+iconography&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=978-81-208-0878-2&rft.au=T.+A.+Gopinatha+Rao&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DMJD-KresBwIC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadami+cave+temples" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAjay_J._Sinha2000" class="citation book cs1">Ajay J. Sinha (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WvqLzaSUGi8C"><i>Imagining Architects: Creativity in the Religious Monuments of India</i></a>. University of Delaware Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87413-684-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87413-684-5"><bdi>978-0-87413-684-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Imagining+Architects%3A+Creativity+in+the+Religious+Monuments+of+India&rft.pub=University+of+Delaware+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-87413-684-5&rft.au=Ajay+J.+Sinha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DWvqLzaSUGi8C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadami+cave+temples" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurton_Stein1978" class="citation book cs1">Burton Stein (1978). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Hq5BngAACAAJ"><i>South Indian Temples</i></a>. Vikas. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0706904499" title="Special:BookSources/978-0706904499"><bdi>978-0706904499</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=South+Indian+Temples&rft.pub=Vikas&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=978-0706904499&rft.au=Burton+Stein&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DHq5BngAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadami+cave+temples" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurton_Stein1989" class="citation book cs1">Burton Stein (1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OpxeaYQbGDMC"><i>The New Cambridge History of India: Vijayanagara</i></a>. Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-26693-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-26693-2"><bdi>978-0-521-26693-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+New+Cambridge+History+of+India%3A+Vijayanagara&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=978-0-521-26693-2&rft.au=Burton+Stein&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DOpxeaYQbGDMC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadami+cave+temples" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurton_SteinDavid_Arnold2010" class="citation book cs1">Burton Stein; David Arnold (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QY4zdTDwMAQC"><i>A History of India</i></a>. John Wiley & Sons. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4443-2351-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4443-2351-1"><bdi>978-1-4443-2351-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+India&rft.pub=John+Wiley+%26+Sons&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1-4443-2351-1&rft.au=Burton+Stein&rft.au=David+Arnold&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DQY4zdTDwMAQC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadami+cave+temples" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKapila_Vatsyayan1997" class="citation book cs1">Kapila Vatsyayan (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vwLJc3pBzzUC&pg=PR10"><i>The Square and the Circle of the Indian Arts</i></a>. Abhinav Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7017-362-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7017-362-5"><bdi>978-81-7017-362-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Square+and+the+Circle+of+the+Indian+Arts&rft.pub=Abhinav+Publications&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-81-7017-362-5&rft.au=Kapila+Vatsyayan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DvwLJc3pBzzUC%26pg%3DPR10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadami+cave+temples" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badami_cave_temples&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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href="/wiki/Maranakatte" title="Maranakatte">Maranakatte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariyamma_Temple" title="Mariyamma Temple">Mariyamma Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melukote" title="Melukote">Melukote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mookambika_Temple,_Kollur" class="mw-redirect" title="Mookambika Temple, Kollur">Mookambika Temple, Kollur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudukuthore" title="Mudukuthore">Mudukuthore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundkur_Sri_Durgaparameshwari_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Mundkur Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple">Mundkur Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murudeshwara" class="mw-redirect" title="Murudeshwara">Murudeshwara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mylara_Lingeshwara_Temple" title="Mylara Lingeshwara Temple">Mylara Lingeshwara Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basavanagudi_Nandi_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Basavanagudi Nandi Temple">Nandi Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagamangala" title="Nagamangala">Nagamangala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nageshvara-Chennakeshava_Temple_complex,_Mosale" title="Nageshvara-Chennakeshava Temple complex, Mosale">Nageshvara-Chennakeshava Temple complex, Mosale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navalinga_Temple" title="Navalinga Temple">Navalinga Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narasimha_Jharni" title="Narasimha Jharni">Narasimha Jhira Cave Temple, Bidar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellitheertha_Cave_Temple" title="Nellitheertha Cave Temple">Nellitheertha Cave Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padutirupathi" class="mw-redirect" title="Padutirupathi">Padutirupathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchalingeshwara_temple,_Govindanahalli" class="mw-redirect" title="Panchalingeshwara temple, Govindanahalli">Panchalingeshwara temple, Govindanahalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattadakal" title="Pattadakal">Pattadakal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polali_Rajarajeshwari_Temple" title="Polali Rajarajeshwari Temple">Polali Rajarajeshwari Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ragigudda_Anjaneya_Temple" title="Ragigudda Anjaneya Temple">Ragigudda Anjaneya Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rameshvara_Temple,_Narasamangala" title="Rameshvara Temple, Narasamangala">Rameshvara Temple, Narasamangala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranganathaswamy_Temple,_Bangalore" title="Ranganathaswamy Temple, Bangalore">Ranganathaswamy Temple, Bangalore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadasiva_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadasiva Temple">Sadasiva Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saundatti" title="Saundatti">Saundatti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharana_Basaveshwara_Temple" title="Sharana Basaveshwara Temple">Sharana Basaveshwara Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shree_Vishnumurthy_Temple" title="Shree Vishnumurthy Temple">Shree Vishnumurthy Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shri_Vinayaka_Shankaranarayana_Durgamba_Temple" title="Shri Vinayaka Shankaranarayana Durgamba Temple">Shri Vinayaka Shankaranarayana Durgamba Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sringeri" title="Sringeri">Sringeri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sringeri_Sharadamba_Temple" title="Sringeri Sharadamba Temple">Sringeri Sharadamba Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siddhesvara_Temple" title="Siddhesvara Temple"> Siddhesvara Temple Haveri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srikanteshwara_Temple,_Nanjangud" title="Srikanteshwara Temple, Nanjangud">Srikanteshwara Temple, Nanjangud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirsangi_Kalika_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirsangi Kalika Temple">Sirsangi Kalika Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Someshwara_Temple,_Kolar" title="Someshwara Temple, Kolar">Kolar Someshwara Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Ranganathaswamy_Temple,_Shivanasamudra" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Shivanasamudra">Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Shivanasamudra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Ranganathaswamy_Temple,_Srirangapatna" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna">Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Vinayaka_Temple,_Guddattu" title="Sri Vinayaka Temple, Guddattu">Sri Vinayaka Temple, Guddattu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudi,_India" title="Sudi, India">Sudi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talagunda" title="Talagunda">Talagunda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talakad" class="mw-redirect" title="Talakad">Talakad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamboor" title="Tamboor">Tamboor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temples_in_Tulunadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Temples in Tulunadu">Temples in Tulunadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temples_of_North_Karnataka" title="Temples of North Karnataka">Temples of North Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirunarayanapuram" title="Thirunarayanapuram">Thirunarayanapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timmalapura" title="Timmalapura">Timmalapura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trikuteshwara" class="mw-redirect" title="Trikuteshwara">Trikuteshwara Temple Gadag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripurantaka_Temple" title="Tripurantaka Temple">Tripurantaka Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turuvekere" title="Turuvekere">Turuvekere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udupi_Sri_Krishna_Matha" title="Udupi Sri Krishna Matha">Udupi Sri Krishna Matha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veera_Narayana_Temple,_Belavadi" title="Veera Narayana Temple, Belavadi">Veera Narayana Temple, Belavadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayanarayana_Temple,_Gundlupet" title="Vijayanarayana Temple, Gundlupet">Vijayanarayana Temple, Gundlupet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virupaksha_Temple,_Hampi" title="Virupaksha Temple, Hampi">Virupaksha Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Chalukya_temples" title="Western Chalukya temples">Western Chalukya temples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yediyur_Siddhalingeshwara_Swamy_Temple" title="Yediyur Siddhalingeshwara Swamy Temple">Yediyur Siddhalingeshwara Swamy Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yelluru_Shri_Vishweshwara_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Yelluru Shri Vishweshwara Temple">Yelluru Shri Vishweshwara Temple</a></li></ul> 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Digambar_Jain_Lal_Mandir" title="Sri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir">Sri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naya_Mandir" title="Naya Mandir">Naya Mandir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahinsa_Sthal" title="Ahinsa Sthal">Ahinsa Sthal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F5DEB3;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jainism_in_Gujarat" title="Jainism in Gujarat">Gujarat</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jain_temples,_Abhapur" title="Jain temples, Abhapur">Abhapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhadreshwar_Jain_Temple" title="Bhadreshwar Jain Temple">Bhadreshwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girnar_Jain_temples" title="Girnar Jain temples">Girnar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neminath_Jain_Temple,_Girnar" title="Neminath Jain Temple, Girnar">Neminath Temple</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutheesing_Jain_Temple" title="Hutheesing Jain Temple">Hutheesing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahudi_Jain_Temple" title="Mahudi Jain Temple">Mahudi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palitana_temples" title="Palitana temples">Palitana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shankheshwar_Jain_Temple" title="Shankheshwar Jain Temple">Shankheshwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taranga_Jain_temple" title="Taranga Jain temple">Taranga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shantinath_Jain_temple,_Kothara" title="Shantinath Jain temple, Kothara">Kothara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchasara_Parshvanath_Temple" title="Panchasara Parshvanath Temple">Panchasara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbharia_Jain_temples" title="Kumbharia Jain temples">Kumbhariaji</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F5DEB3;;width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jainism_in_Jharkhand&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jainism in Jharkhand (page does not 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href="/wiki/Anantnath_Swami_Temple" title="Anantnath Swami Temple">Anantnath Swami Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jain_temple,_Alleppey" class="mw-redirect" title="Jain temple, Alleppey">Jain temple, Alleppey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jain_Temple,_Kidanganad" title="Jain Temple, Kidanganad">Jain Temple, Kidanganad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jainimedu_Jain_temple" title="Jainimedu Jain temple">Jainimedu Jain temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kattil_Madam_Temple" title="Kattil Madam Temple">Kattil Madam Temple</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F5DEB3;;width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jainism_in_Madhya_Pradesh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jainism in Madhya Pradesh (page does not exist)">Madhya Pradesh</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kundalpur" class="mw-redirect" 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Dhanadibbalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peddapuram" title="Peddapuram">Pandavula Metta Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramateertham" title="Ramateertham">Ramateertham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bojjannakonda" title="Bojjannakonda">Sankaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Undavalli_Caves" title="Undavalli Caves">Undavalli Caves</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFA500;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indrasala_Cave" title="Indrasala Cave">Indrasala Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulture_Peak" title="Vulture Peak">Vulture Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saptaparni_Cave" title="Saptaparni Cave">Saptaparni Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lomas_Rishi_Cave" title="Lomas Rishi Cave">Lomas Rishi Cave</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhamnar_Caves" title="Dhamnar Caves">Dhamnar Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saru_Maru" title="Saru Maru">Saru Maru</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFA500;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ajanta_Caves" title="Ajanta Caves">Ajanta Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambivali_Caves" title="Ambivali Caves">Ambivali Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurangabad_Caves" title="Aurangabad Caves">Aurangabad Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahrot_Caves" title="Bahrot Caves">Bahrot Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedse_Caves" title="Bedse Caves">Bedse Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhaja_Caves" title="Bhaja Caves">Bhaja Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharashiv_Caves" title="Dharashiv Caves">Dharashiv Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellora_Caves" title="Ellora Caves">Ellora Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandharpale_Caves" title="Gandharpale Caves">Mahad/Gandharpale Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghatotkacha_Caves" title="Ghatotkacha Caves">Ghatotkacha Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghorawadi_Caves" title="Ghorawadi Caves">Ghorawadi/Shelarwadi Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karla_Caves" title="Karla Caves">Karla Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karad_Caves" title="Karad Caves">Karad Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khed_Caves" title="Khed Caves">Khed Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kondana_Caves" title="Kondana Caves">Kondana Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuda_Caves" title="Kuda Caves">Kuda Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nenavali_Caves" title="Nenavali Caves">Nenavali Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasik_Caves" title="Nasik Caves">Nasik/Pandavleni Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panhalakaji_Caves" title="Panhalakaji Caves">Panhalakaji Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patan_caves" title="Patan caves">Patan caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitalkhora" title="Pitalkhora">Pitalkhora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pohale_Caves" title="Pohale Caves">Pohale Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirwal_Caves" title="Shirwal Caves">Shirwal Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thanale_Caves" title="Thanale Caves">Nadsur/Thanale Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijasan_Caves" title="Vijasan Caves">Vijasan Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wai_Caves" title="Wai Caves">Wai Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yerphal_Caves" title="Yerphal Caves">Yerphal Caves</a></li></ul> <p><b>In the <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> area:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elephanta_Caves" title="Elephanta Caves">Elephanta Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jogeshwari_Caves" title="Jogeshwari Caves">Jogeshwari Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahakali_Caves" title="Mahakali Caves">Kondivite/Mahakali Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandapeshwar_Caves" title="Mandapeshwar Caves">Mandapeshwar Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanheri_Caves" title="Kanheri Caves">Kanheri Caves</a></li></ul> <p><b>In the <a href="/wiki/Junnar" title="Junnar">Junnar</a> area:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lenyadri" title="Lenyadri">Lenyadri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manmodi_Caves" title="Manmodi Caves">Manmodi Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivneri_Caves" title="Shivneri Caves">Shivneri Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulja_Caves" title="Tulja Caves">Tulja Caves</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFA500;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Binnayaga_Buddhist_Caves" title="Binnayaga Buddhist Caves">Binnayaga Buddhist Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hathiagor_Buddhist_Caves" title="Hathiagor Buddhist 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navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;">Arts, sculpture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Didarganj_Yakshi" title="Didarganj Yakshi">Didarganj Yakshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pompeii_Lakshmi" title="Pompeii Lakshmi">Pompeii Lakshmi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;">Archaeological sites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_of_Mathura" title="Art of Mathura">Mathura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bet_Dwarka" title="Bet Dwarka">Bet Dwarka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dihar" title="Dihar">Dihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumhrar" title="Kumhrar">Kumhrar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandu_Rajar_Dhibi" title="Pandu Rajar Dhibi">Pandu Rajar Dhibi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;">Inscriptions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayodhya_Inscription_of_Dhana" title="Ayodhya Inscription of Dhana">Ayodhya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hathibada_Ghosundi_Inscriptions" class="mw-redirect" title="Hathibada Ghosundi Inscriptions">Hathibada Ghosundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heliodorus_pillar" title="Heliodorus pillar">Heliodorus pillar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakulisa_Mathura_Pillar_Inscription" title="Lakulisa Mathura Pillar Inscription">Lakulisa Mathura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mora_Well_Inscription" title="Mora Well Inscription">Mora Well</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Temple_inscription" title="Mountain Temple inscription">Mountain Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naneghat" title="Naneghat">Naneghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reh_Inscription" title="Reh Inscription">Reh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yavanarajya_inscription" title="Yavanarajya inscription">Yavanarajya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasu_Doorjamb_Inscription" title="Vasu Doorjamb Inscription">Vasu Doorjamb</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hindu "Om" symbol"><img alt="Hindu "Om" symbol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Aum_Om_blue_circle_orange.svg/80px-Aum_Om_blue_circle_orange.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Aum_Om_blue_circle_orange.svg/120px-Aum_Om_blue_circle_orange.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aihole" title="Aihole">Aihole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badami" title="Badami">Badami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Besnagar" class="mw-redirect" title="Besnagar">Besnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandraketugarh" title="Chandraketugarh">Chandraketugarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirpur_Group_of_Monuments" title="Sirpur Group of Monuments">Sirpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ujjain" title="Ujjain">Ujjain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFCC00;font-weight:normal;">Inscriptions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gadhwa_Stone_Inscriptions" title="Gadhwa Stone Inscriptions">Gadhwa Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopika_Cave_Inscription" title="Gopika Cave Inscription">Gopika Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadathika_Cave_Inscription" title="Vadathika Cave Inscription">Vadathika Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandsaur_stone_inscription_of_Yashodharman-Vishnuvardhana" title="Mandsaur stone inscription of Yashodharman-Vishnuvardhana">Mandasor Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandasor_Pillar_Inscriptions_of_Yasodharman" title="Mandasor Pillar Inscriptions of Yasodharman">Mandasor Pillar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFCC00;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Temples</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;">400-599 CE</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Udayagiri_Caves" title="Udayagiri Caves">Udayagiri Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhumara_Temple" title="Bhumara Temple">Bhumara Shiva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dashavatara_Temple,_Deogarh" title="Dashavatara Temple, Deogarh">Dashavatara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eran" title="Eran">Eran Vishnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nachna_Hindu_temples" title="Nachna Hindu temples">Nachna Parvati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tigawa" title="Tigawa">Tigawa Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gop_Temple" title="Gop Temple">Gop Surya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashupatinath_Temple,_Mandsaur" title="Pashupatinath Temple, Mandsaur">Mandasor Shiva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aihole" title="Aihole">Aihole Group</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Badami Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elephanta_Caves" title="Elephanta Caves">Elephanta Caves</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;">600-899 CE</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pattadakal" title="Pattadakal">Pattadakal Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bateshwar_Hindu_temples,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Bateshwar Hindu temples, Madhya Pradesh">Bateshwar Madhya Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teli_ka_Mandir" title="Teli ka Mandir">Teli ka Mandir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaturbhuj_Temple,_Gwalior" title="Chaturbhuj Temple, Gwalior">Chaturbhuj Gwalior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masrur_Temples" title="Masrur Temples">Masrur Himachal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshana_Devi_Temple,_Bharmour" title="Lakshana Devi Temple, Bharmour">Lakshana Devi</a></li> <li>Alampur Telangana <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alampur_Navabrahma_Temples" title="Alampur Navabrahma Temples">Navabrahma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alampur_Papanasi_Temples" title="Alampur Papanasi Temples">Papanasi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellora_Caves" title="Ellora Caves">Ellora Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somnath_temple" title="Somnath temple">Somnath Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwarkadhish_Temple" title="Dwarkadhish Temple">Dwarka Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahabalipuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahabalipuram">Mahabalipuram Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirpur_Group_of_Monuments" title="Sirpur Group of Monuments">Sirpur Chhattisgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranganathaswamy_Temple,_Srirangam" title="Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam">Srirangam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenakshi_Temple" title="Meenakshi Temple">Meenakshi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFC569;;width:1%">Advanced<br />(900-1299 CE)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;">Archaeological sites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belur,_Karnataka" title="Belur, Karnataka">Belur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halebidu" title="Halebidu">Halebidu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madan_Kamdev" title="Madan Kamdev">Madan Kamdev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somanathapura" title="Somanathapura">Somanathapura</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Temples</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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