Cholachagudda · Karnataka
Banashankari Amma Temple
The temple of the goddess Banashankari near Badami in Karnataka, first built by the Chalukyas in the 7th century.
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Karnataka · Temple listing
Mahakuta group of temples
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Mahakuta group of templesPhoto: Dineshkannambadi 03:14, 13 August 2008 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
01 · Discover
History & tradition
The Mahakuta group of temples is at Mahakuta, a village in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka. It is an important place of worship and the site of a well-known Shaiva monastery. The temples were built by the early Chalukya kings of Badami and are dated to the 6th or 7th century, on the evidence of their style, which resembles that of nearby Aihole, and of two inscriptions in the complex, one of them the Mahakuta Pillar inscription of 595–602 CE.
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02 · Before you go
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03 · Getting there
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Mahakuta group of temples
Bagalkot district, Karnataka
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04 · At the temple
Darshan & customs
Darshan
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Local traditions
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Temples nearby
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- Wikidata — structured place recordRetrieved 2026-11-12
- Wikipedia — further readingChecked 2026-11-12