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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Badami
| native_name =
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| other_name = Vatapi
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| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = BadamiCaves87.JPG
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| image_caption = [[Badami Cave Temples]]
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bagalkot district|Bagalkot]]
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| area_total_km2 = 10.9
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 586
| population_total = 30,943
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]]<ref>{{cite web|title=52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=24 December 2018 |page=18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 587 201
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| area_code = 08357
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'''Badami''', formerly known as '''Vatapi''', 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 CE 540 to 757. It is famous for its rock cut structural temples. 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.

==History==
{{Main article | Chalukya dynasty|Badami Chalukya Architecture}}
*[[Dravidian architecture#Badami Chalukyas|Dravidian architecture - Badami Chalukyas]]
*[[Hindu temple architecture#Badami Chalukya architecture|Hindu temple architecture - Badami Chalukya architecture]]
*[[Political history of medieval Karnataka#Badami Chalukyas|Political history of medieval Karnataka - Badami Chalukyas]]
*[[Architecture of Karnataka#Badami Chalukya architecture|Architecture of Karnataka - Badami Chalukya architecture]]
*[[List of Indian monarchs#Chalukyas of Badami (543–757)|Chalukyas of Badami]]
[[Image:Badami-chalukya-empire-map.svg|thumb|left|Extent of [[Badami Chalukyas]] Empire, 636 CE, 740 CE]]

===Pre-historic===
The Badami region was settled in pre-historic times, with evidence by megalithic [[dolmen]]s.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/rockpain/2599a.htm | title=Kamat's Potpourri: Prehistoric Paintings of Karnataka}}</ref> 

===Historic===
;Mythology
The Puranas state the wicked asura Vatapi was killed by sage Agastya, and it refers to this area as ''Vatapi'' and ''Agastya Tirtha''. In the ''Ramayana'', Agastya and Lopamudra are described as living in [[Dandaka]] forest, on the southern slopes of Vindhya mountains. Rama praises Agastya as the one who can do what gods find impossible. He is described as the sage who used his [[Dharma]] powers to kill demons Vatapi and Ilwala after they had jointly misled and destroyed 9,000 men.<ref name="Nooten2000p138">{{cite book|author1=William Buck|author2=B. A. van Nooten|author3=Shirley Triest|title=Ramayana|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=4Wzg6wFJ5xwC&pg=PA138|year=2000|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-22703-3 |pages=138–139}}</ref>

In the Mahabharata, sage Agastya is described in the epic as a sage with enormous powers of ingestion and digestion. To kill men, asura Vatapi used to become a goat and his brother Ilvala would cook him. Then, Vatapi would recollect in the stomach and tear himself out from the inside of the victim, killing the victim. When Agastya arrives, Ilvala offers the goat again. He kills Vatapi by digesting the meal as soon as he ate, giving Vatapi no time to self organize.<ref>{{cite book|author=J. A. B. van Buitenen|title=The Mahabharata, Volume 2: Book 2: The Book of Assembly; Book 3: The Book of the Forest|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=2QG_ZgsM13IC&pg=PA409|year=1981|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-84664-4 |pages=187–188 }}</ref> Agastya, in the legends of Mahabharata, kills the demons Vatapi and Ilvala much the same mythical way as in the ''Ramayana''.<ref name="Buitenen1981p409">{{cite book|author=J. A. B. van Buitenen|title=The Mahabharata, Volume 2: Book 2: The Book of Assembly; Book 3: The Book of the Forest|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=2QG_ZgsM13IC&pg=PA409|year=1981|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-84664-4 |pages=409–411 }}</ref>

;Kingdoms
Badami Chalukyas was founded in CE 540 by [[Pulakeshin I]] (CE 535–566), an early ruler of the Chalukyas is generally regarded as the founder of the Early Chalukya line. An inscription record of this king engraved on a boulder in Badami records the fortification of the hill above "Vatapi" in 544. Pulakeshin's choice of this location for his capital was no doubt dedicated by strategic considerations since Badami is protected on three sides by rugged sandstone cliffs. His sons [[Kirtivarman I]] (CE 567–598) and his brother [[Mangalesha]] (CE 598–610) constructed the cave temples. [[Kirtivarman I]] strengthened Vatapi and had three sons [[Pulakeshin II]], Vishnuvardhana and Buddhavarasa, who at his death were minors, thus making them ineligible to rule, so [[Kirtivarman I]]'s brother [[Mangalesha]] took the throne and tried to establish rule, only to be killed by [[Pulakeshin II]] who ruled between CE 610 to 642.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/rich-slice-of-history/article4722499.ece |title=Rich slice of history - Badami|access-date=24 May 2013|location=Chennai, India|work=The Hindu|date=17 May 2013}}</ref> Vatapi was the capital of the Early [[Chalukyas]], who ruled much of [[Karnataka]], [[Maharashtra]], parts of [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]] between the 6th and 8th centuries. The greatest among them was [[Pulakeshin II]] (CE 610–642) who defeated many kings including the Pallavas of Kanchipuram.

[[Image:6th century Kannada inscription in cave temple number 3 at Badami.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Old Kannada inscription of Chalukya King Mangalesha dated 578 CE at Badami cave temple no.3]]
The rock-cut [[Badami Cave Temples]] were sculpted mostly between the 6th and 8th centuries.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rock-cut Model Shrines in Early Indian Art|last=Rajarajan|first=R.K.K.|publisher=Sharada Publishing House|year=2012|isbn=978-81-88934-83-6|location=New Delhi}}</ref>

===Inscriptions===
{{Main article | Kappe Arabhatta}}

Badami has eighteen inscriptions, among them some inscriptions are important. The first Sanskrit inscription in old Kannada script, on a hillock dates back to 543 CE, from the period of Pulakeshin I (Vallabheswara), the second is the 578 CE cave inscription of Mangalesha in Kannada language and script and the third is the [[Kappe Arabhatta]] records, the earliest available Kannada poetry in ''tripadi'' (three line) metre.<ref name="language">Dr. Suryanath U. Kamath (2001), A Concise History of Karnataka from pre-historic times to the present, Jupiter books, MCC (Reprinted 2002), p9, p10, 57, p59 OCLC: 7796041</ref><ref name="language3">K.V. Ramesh, Chalukyas of Vatapi, 1984, Agam Kala Prakashan, p34, p46, p50</ref><ref name="language1">{{cite web|title=Badami Chalukyans' magical transformation |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jul262005/spectrum1422512005725.asp |author=Azmathulla Shariff |work=Deccan Herald, Spectrum, July 26, 2005 |access-date=10 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061007040120/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jul262005/spectrum1422512005725.asp |archive-date=7 October 2006 |url-status=live }}</ref> one inscription near the Bhuthanatha temple also has inscriptions dating back to the 12th century in Jain rock-cut temple dedicated to the Tirtankara Adinatha.

===Sites===
{{Main article |Badami cave temples|Bhutanatha group}}
{{Gallery
|title=Historic sites in Badami, Karnataka
|Image:Badami countryside.jpg|Agastya lake
|Image:View of Bhutanatha temple in Badami during monsoon.jpg|[[Bhutanatha group of temples, Badami|Bhutanatha temple complex]], next to a [[waterfall]], during the monsoon.
|Image:Badami_1.jpg|Vishnu seated on Adishesha
|File:6th century Brahma on Cave 3 ceiling, Badami Hindu cave temple Karnataka 3.jpg|Brahma on Hamsa in Cave 3 ceiling
|File:Badami, Höhle 4, Bahubali (1999).jpg|Bahubali in cave 4
|Image:Relief of Jain Tirthankara Parshvanath in the Badami cave temple no.4.jpg|[[:Category:Jain temples|Jain]] Parshvanatha in cave 4
|File:Anantashayana Vishnu shrine, Vishnu above Garuda (left), Shiva above Nandi, Brahma above Hamsa, Badami monuments Karnataka.jpg|Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma in a small rock carving monument
|Image:Yellamma temple at Badami.jpg|Yellamma temple at Badami, early phase construction, 11th century
|File:Badami si05-1676.jpg|Mosque in Badami
|File:Northern Fort Temple - Badami - Karnataka.jpg|Northern Fort Temple
}}

==Administration==
===Government===
It is a town in the [[Bagalkot District]] in [[Karnataka]] state, [[India]]. It is also headquarters of Badami Taluk in the district.

===Taluka===
The Badami Taluka has thirty-four [[panchayat village]]s:<ref name="Panchayat-Dir-2011">{{Cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Badami, Bagalkot, Karnataka|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=5753&parenttype=B&ptype=V|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113121900/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=5753&parenttype=B&ptype=V|archive-date=13 November 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=10 April 2013}}</ref>

{|
|- valign=top
|
* [[Adagal]]
* [[Anawal]]
* [[Belur, Karnataka|Belur]]
* [[Cholachagudda]]
* [[Fakirbhudihal]]
* [[Haldur]]
* Halkurki
* Hansanur
* Hebbali
|
* Hosur
* Huligeri
* Hullikeri
* Jalihal
* Jamankatti
* Kaknur
* Katageri
* Kataraki
* Kelavadi
|
* Khanapur S.K.
* Kittali
* Kotikal
* Layadgundi
* Mamtageri
* Mangalore
* Mustigeri
* Mutalgeri
* Nagaral S.P.
|
* Nandikeshwar
* Neelgund
* Neeralkeri
* Neerbhudihal
* Parvati
* Pattadkal
* Sulikeri
|}

==Geography==
Badami is located at {{coord|15.92|N|75.68|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/19/Badami.html |title=Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Badami |publisher=Fallingrain.com |access-date=12 February 2013}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 586 metres (1922 ft). It is located at the mouth of a ravine between two rocky hills and surrounds Agastya tirtha water reservoir on the three other sides. The total area of the town is 10.3 square kilometers.

It is located 30 kilometers from [[Bagalkot]], 128 kilometers from [[Bijapur, Karnataka|Bijapur]], 132 kilometers from [[Hubli]], 46 kilometers from [[Aihole]], another ancient town, and 589 kilometers from [[Bangalore]],<ref>Railway ticket (Bijapur express) from Bangalore to Badami</ref> the state capital.

===Climate===
*Summer – March to June
*Spring – Jan to March
*Monsoons – July to October that contributes to rainfall
*Winter – November to Jan

The temperature ranges from minimum 23 degrees to 45 degrees during summer and from 15 to 29 degrees in winter. The rainfall of the area is 50 centimeters. Best time to visit is between low humid season from November and March.

The climate has made it a safe haven for the monkeys of south India. Tourists often flock to Badami for the opportunity to see monkeys interact in a natural environment.

== Demographics ==
As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Badami had a total population of 30,943, of which 15,539 were males and 15,404 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,877. The total number of literates in Badami was 22,093, which constituted 71.4% of the population with male literacy of 78.1% and female literacy of 64.7%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Badami was 81.6%, of which male literacy rate was 89.7% and female literacy rate was 73.6%. The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] population was 4,562 and 1,833 respectively. Badami had 6214 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Badami |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=680086 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref>

{{As of|alt=As of the [[2001 Indian census]]|2001}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Badami had a population of 25,851. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Badami had an average literacy rate of 64.8%, comparable to the national average of 65%; with 59% of the males and 41% of females literate. 14% of the population was under 6 years of age.

The main language is [[Kannada]].

{{wide image|Agastya_Lake.jpg|800px|Panoramic view of Agastya Teertha, Badami.}}

==Economy==
{{Expand section|date=June 2012}}
The main economy is centered around tourism in Karnataka.

== Transport ==
The nearest airport is [[Hubballi]] about 105 kilometers away. It is on the [[Hubli]]–[[Solapur]] rail route, and the rail station is 5 kilometers from the town. It is also connected by road to Hubli and Bijapur. Badami is reachable from [[Bangalore]] by a 12-hour bus ride, or by a direct train "Solapur Gol Gumbaz Exp (train no. 16535)" or with a combination of an overnight train journey from Bangalore to Hospet followed by a short bus ride from [[Hospet]] to Badami. Another train journey could be from Bangalore to Hubli (8–9 hours) and then a bus ride to Badami (3 hours). Badami is around 110 km from Hubli. Local transport is by Rickshaws, and city buses.

==Climbing==
[[Image:Badami Karnataka.JPG|thumb|Badami Cliffs]]
[[Image:Temple area Badami Karnataka.JPG|thumb|Bolted routes in the Temple area, Badami]]
[[Image:Vishnu Badami Caves.JPG|thumb|Badami Caves]]

Badami's red sandstone cliffs are popular amongst local and international climbers. This is great location for free sport climbing and bouldering. The cliffs have horizontal crack systems, similar to [[Gunks]]. There are over 150 bolted routes and multiple routes for free climbing. Gerhard Schaar,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gerhardschaar.com/home.html |title=Gerhard Schaar Official|publisher=gerhardschaar.com |access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> a German Climber and Pranesh Manchaiah, a local climber from Bangalore, were instrumental in setting up the sport routes driving a project called 'Bolts for Bangalore'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.climbing.com/exclusive/above/boltsforbangalore/ |title=Bolts for Bangalore |publisher=Climbing.com |access-date=15 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312045501/http://www.climbing.com/exclusive/above/boltsforbangalore/ |archive-date=12 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> National Rock Climbing center, Manager Rajendra Hasabavi in Banshankari Road by General Thimayya National Academy of Adventure, Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports, Govt.of Karnataka is conducting various rock climbing and Adventure Camps for Youth and School Children.

==In popular culture==
The city of Vatapi is a prominent place where a part of the story in the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[historical fiction]] novel ''[[Sivagamiyin Sapatham]]'' by [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]] takes place, where Sivagami, the main protagonist of the novel is kidnapped from [[Kanchipuram|Kanchi]] and kept in the confines of the city walls of Vatapi like a prisoner by the [[Chalukya dynasty|Chalukya]] King [[Pulakeshin II|Pulikesi]]. Because of this, Sivagami vowed that she wont step out of this city until the king is defeated and the city is burnt down to ashes. As the story goes, her vow was avenged by the [[Pallava dynasty|Pallava]] King [[Narasimhavarman I|Narasimavarmar]] who killed [[Pulakeshin II|Pulikesi]] and ransacked Vatapi.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

==Films shot in Badami==
* ''[[Guru (2007 film)|Guru]]''
* ''[[Shirdi Sai]], [[Shakti]], [[Nagavalli (film)|Nagavalli]], [[Brindavanam (2010 film)|Brindavanam]], [[Dhamarukam]], [[Daruvu]]''
* ''[[Shivani]], [[Sanju Weds Geetha]]''
* ''[[Mungaru Male]]''
* ''[[Vikramarkudu]], Veera Madakari, [[Rowdy Rathore]], [[Siruthai]]''
* ''[[Rummy (2014 film)|Rummy]]''
* ''[[Alludu Seenu]]''

== See also ==
{|
|- valign=top
|
*[[Aihole]]
*[[Badami Cave Temples]]
*[[Badami Chalukya Architecture]]
*[[Banashankari Amma Temple|Banashankari Amma Temple at Cholachagudd]]
*[[Chalukya]]
*[[Climbing locations in India]]
|
*[[Gadag]]
*[[Indian rock-cut architecture]]
*[[List of State Protected Monuments in Karnataka]]
*[[Lakkundi]]
*[[Mahakuta]]
*[[Sidlaphadi]]
*[[North Karnataka]]
|
*[[Pattadakal]]
*[[Pulakeshin II]]
*[[Siege of Badami]]
*[[Sivagamiyin sabadham]]
*[[Sudi]]
*[[Tourism in Karnataka]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist|33em}}

== External links ==
{{Wikiquote}}
{{Commons category|Badami}}
{{Wikivoyage|Badami}}

*[http://asi.nic.in/asi_museums_badami.asp Museum at Badami]
*[http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/india/badami/baplan.html Badami art and archearlogy]
*[http://www.indiantemples.com/Karnataka/badami.html Badami temples of Karnataka]
*[https://www.karnatakatourism.org/tour-item/badami Badami State Government of Tourism]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717011322/http://bagalkot.nic.in/badami.htm Bagalkot district info about Badami]

==Gallery==



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Image:Badami Karnataka.JPG|Badami Cliffs
Image:Temple area Badami Karnataka.JPG|Bolted routes in the Temple area, Badami
Image:Bhutanatha temple complex in Badami.jpg|Bhutanatha group of temples facing the Agasythya Tank
Image:Mallikarjuna group of temples at Badami.jpg|Mallikarjuna group of temples
Image:Vishnu image inside cave number 3 in Badami.jpg|Vishnu image in Cave temple No. 3
Image:6th century Kannada inscription in cave temple number 3 at Badami.jpg|Old Kannada inscription of Chalukya King Mangalesha dated 578 CE at Badami cave temple no.3
Image:Badami 1.jpg
</gallery>
|}

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{{Tourism in India}}
{{Historical Places in Karnataka}}
{{Historical places of Chalukyas}}
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{{Karnataka topics}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Bagalkot district]]
[[Category:Former capital cities in India]]
[[Category:Tourism in Karnataka]]

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