Pattadakal Tourism, Karnataka India
(Pattadakal is also known as part of Badami region)
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Pattadakal Fast Facts
- State: Karnataka
- District: Bagalkot
- Famous for/as: Historical
- Altitude: 600 m
- Language: Kannada, English, Hindi
- Best Season: Oct - Feb
- Weather: Summer: 41-28C Winter: 30 -16 C
- Clothing: Light cotton in summer and woolen in winter
- Local Transport:
- Pincode: 587211
- STDCode: 08357
Pattadakal, India Overview
22 km from Badami, the ancient capital of the eastern Chalukyas, Pattadakal, today, is a small settlement in the state of Karnataka. Still, the place is a huge drawcard for tourists. The reason is obvious. Today, the ancient temples of eastern Chalukyas, built in the 7th and 8th centuries at Pattadakal, survive to be awe-inspiring spectacles for the flocks of tourists who throng to them.
Travellers to Pattadakal are in for a treat. Its architectural splendor will certainly appeal to your sense of sight. The monuments in Pattadakal were included in the list of World Heritage Sites in 1987.
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Pattadakal, India History
The group of 8th century CE monuments in Pattadakal are the culmination of the earliest experiments in the Vesara style of Hindu temple architecture. The town displays both Dravidian (Southern) and the Nagara (Northern, Indo-Aryan) styles of temple architecture.
Kashivishvanatha temple at Pattadakal, Karnataka
UNESCO in 1987 included Pattadakal in its list of World Heritage sites.
Pattadakal (place for Chalukyas Coronation), the capital of the Chalukya dynasty of Southern India, who built the temples in the seventh and eighth centuries. There are ten temples including a Jain sanctuary surrounded by numerous small shrines and plinths. Four temples were built in Dravidian style, four in Nagara style of Northern India and the Papanatha temple in mixed style.
The Chalukya style originated in Aihole (450 CE), Architects experimented with different styles, blended the Nagara and Dravidian styles, and evolved their own distinctive style. At Pattadakal, the Chalukya kings were crowned, in the middle of the 7th century, temple building activity shifted from Badami to Pattadakal. There are 10 temples here, 4 are in Nagara style and 6 are in Dravidian style.
At Virupaksha Temple, there is 8th (733–745 CE) century Old Kannada inscription on victory pillar at Pattadakal.