2. What is Chalukya style of architecture?
The temple architecture of Chalukya Period is actually the
mixture of Nagar and Dravida styles.
Rock-cut architecture is the creation of structures, buildings,
and sculptures by excavating solid rock where it naturally occur
3. Badami cave temples have rock-cut halls with three basic
features: pillared veranda, columned hall and a sanctum cut
out deep into rock.
Early experiments in rock-cut halls were attempted in Aihole
where they built three cave temples, one each in Vedic,
Buddhist and Jaina styles.
Badami, also known as Vatapi, the capital of early Chalukyas,
has four inimitable rock-cut temples.
4. Who built rock-cut temple in Badami?
Mangalesa
1 km, this group of 4 cave temples have been carved out of the
hill opposite Badami fort. The Chalukyan king, Mangalesa(598-
610)AD)was responsible for the completion of these cave
temples. Of the four, three are Brahmanical, while the fourth is
Jain.
5. The Badami cave temples are a complex of Hindu and Jain cave
temples located in Badami, a town in the Bagalkot district in
northern part of Karnataka, India. The caves are important
examples of Indian rock-cut architecture, especially Badami
Chalukya architecture, and the earliest date from the 6th
century.
Badami cave temple built?
These temples are the oldest Hindu cave temples found in the
region dating back to the 6th and the 7th century, far ahead of
others that will be built in time. All the cave temples in Badami
are cut out of soft sandstone.
