Badami Tourism: Hotels, Reviews, Packages, Photos, Maps, Experience, Itinerary

Badami was founded in 540 AD by Pulakesi I. It went on to serve as the capital of the early Chalukyan kings who ruled large parts of Karnataka and adjoining Andhra Pradesh from the 6th - 8th centuries. The city in time witnessed a major power struggle between the reigning Chalukaya dnasty, the Pallavas of Tamil Nadu and the Rashtrakutas. The Chalukyan kings, renowned as great patrons of the arts, architecture and literature, have left behind a fabulous legacy documenting their aesthetic flair and tolerance that marked their rule. Visitors to Badami will encounter Buddhist, Hindu and Jain shrines testifying significantly to the secular vision of these kings. The Badami cave complex also reveals important aspects of the early religious architecture of South India and cave art of the time. Overlooking Lake Agastya, the large man-made lake named after the legendary sage, a horseshoe-shaped phalanx of sandstone cliffs serve as the ancient