Mangalisha, a great patron of Badami Chalukya art
Mahakuta has a good number of temples with both Dravida and Nagara vimanas, situated around the ancient water tank Deva Droni that is fed by a natural spring.
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The around 1,460-year-old Ganesha sculpture in Cave No. 1 in the Chalukyan capital Vatapi (now Badami)
Badami, the ancient Vatapi, was the capital of the Chalukyas who ruled from 543-757 CE. The Badami Chalukya period was known for distinctive and innovative architectural and sculptural examples. Badami, now in Karnataka’s Bagalkot district, has unique rock-cut shrines. Among the four cave temples, Cave 3 is the most important for its varied sculptural programme and magnificent scale.