Badami & around
April 19th 2008 After the remnants of the Vijayanagar capital and the intricate carvings the Hoysala temple art, I took a bus to check out the cave temples at Badami and the 2 ancient capitals of the Chalukyas in Aihole and in Pattadakal. The temples were my first introduction to Hindu and Jain cave temple art, and enjoyed it accordingly.
Hovewer the highlight of the day was the countless invitations to weddi
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