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Badami

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Also known as Bādāmi

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Vinony's link graph records 579 inbound references to Badami, and connects out to Chalukya dynasty, Bengaluru and states and union territories of India.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 6 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Cities and towns in Bagalkot district, Climbing areas of India and Former capitals in India.

Vinony links it to 37 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Badami
Settlement.other_name
Vatapi
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
BadamiCaves87.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Badami Cave Temples
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Karnataka#India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
India
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Karnataka
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Bagalkot
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
10.9
Settlement.elevation_m
586
Settlement.population_total
30,943
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Wikidata facts

Area
10.9
Elevation
586
Image
BadamiCaves87.JPG
Dialing code
8357
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Commons category
Badami
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Badami
postal code
587201
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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • History
  • History
  • Inscriptions
  • Paintings
  • In literature
  • Gallery
  • Administration
  • Taluks
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Demographics
  • Climbing
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Badami (), formerly known as Vātāpi (Sanskrit: from āpi, ‘friend, ally’; ‘having the wind (vāta) as an ally’), is a town and headquarters of a taluk by the same name, in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka, India. It was the regal capital of the Badami Chalukyas from 540 to 757. It is famous for its rock cut monuments such as the Badami cave temples, as well as the structural temples such as the Bhutanatha temples, Badami Shivalaya and Jambulingesvara Temple. It is located in a ravine at the foot of a rugged, red sandstone outcrop that surrounds Agastya lake.

Badami has been selected as one of the heritage cities for HRIDAY - Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana scheme of Government of India.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Badami” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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