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Bādāmi

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda


Mālegitti Śivālaya at Bādāmi

Bādāmi is a now a small town situated in the Bijapur district, in Karnataka, India that is situated on the side of a small hill.

Historical Significance of Bādāmi[edit]

In ancient days, this town was known as Vātāpi, and was the capital of the Cālukyan empire during the period A.D. 550-753.

Attractions of Bādāmi[edit]

Bādāmi contains several temples of the structural as well as the rock-cut varieties. Near the fort, there are temples dedicated to Hanumān and Śiva. Moreover, there are four cave-temples on the southern hill, situated on its western side.[1], which resemble the ones at Ellora.

The pillared halls in them show a high standard of workmanship and are uniformly of the same appearance. The pillars are mostly square in section, though a few of the inner colonnade in Cave no. 3 are multifaceted.

Features of the Caves[edit]

  • The first cave displays images of Śiva with 18 arms, Gaṇeśa, Viṣṇu, Lakṣmi and Śiva-Pārvatī. The back wall contains panel-figures of Mahiṣāsuramardinī (Durgā), Gaṇeśa, and Skanda.
  • The second cave depicts images of Vāmana, Varāha, Nārāyaṇa on Garuḍa, and Nārāyaṇa on the serpent Śesa.
  • The third cave exhibits images and figures of Ardhanārīśvara, Pārvatī, Narasimha, and Varāha.
  • The fourth cave present the images of the Jain Tīrthaṅkaras.

Mālegitti Śivālaya[edit]

Among the structural temples, the Mālegitti Śivālaya built on a hill overlooking the town of Bādāmi is quite significant. It is a massive solid structure, though not too large. It consists of a cella, an assembly hall, and a porch.

Cave no. 3 has fine shades like those of Ajantā. The most important and well-preserved of these is that of the betrothal of Pārvatī to Śiva. These paintings date back to the 6th century A. D.


References[edit]

  1. ↑ There are also three Hindu and one Jain temple
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

Contributors to this article

Krishna Maheshwari, Ankit Saraf, Deval Sancheti

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