Aihole and Pattadakal

  • Aihole and Pattadakal
Majestic Monuments at Aihole & Pattadakal temples
Aihole and Pattadakal In Aihole there are more than one hundred temples. The Ladkhan temple built during the 5th century is the oldest temple. The Durga temple built during the 7th and 8th centuries was the first building to use an oval outline. The Tamil Nadu temple features the Gopurams (soaring towers). In addition to the area’s many temples lavishly decorated with ornate sculptures, you’ll also find a 6th-century cave temple in Aihole. Pattadakal is located 11 miles from Badami in Karnataka, between the Badami and Aihole road, on the bank of the Malhababra River.
The distance to Banglore is about 267 miles. Pattadakal represents the glorious art of the Chalukya dynasty. It was the second capital of the Chalukya dynasty and venue of numerous coronation ceremonies. The temples’ art is a harmonious mixture of the architectural forms of Nagara of north India and Dravidian of south India. The ten temples including a Jain sanctuary are decorated with numerous columns, extravagant scenes out of the Mahabharata and Ramayana, and motifs of everyday life. The temples are surrounded by several small shrines. Virupaksha temple is considered “the” masterpiece of all of the temples. The group of monuments in Pattadakal were nominated in 1987 by UNESCO for its world cultural heritage list.

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