| Badami Sightseeing |
| Badami Fort |
| A fort built on top of a hill; encloses large granaries, a treasury and a watch tower; Mallegiti Shivalaya temple here is built of stone joined together without mortar. |
| Badami Cave Temples |
 Badami
cave temple, built out of solid rock in the 6th century; it has three Hindu temple and one Jain temple, with beautiful sculptures and carvings.
Badami, more than anything else, is known for its rock-cut cave temples.
These temples are over thirteen hundred years old. They have been carved
out of the red sandstone hills surrounding Badami.Two temples are dedicated to Vishnu, while one is dedicated to Shiva, and other two are related to Jainism and Buddhism. Apart from rock-cut temples, the town also has some other temples and a beautiful tank. Lord Shiva is worshipped as the God of Souls in the Bhootnath Temple. The Agastyatirtha Tank is a beautiful water body considered very holy by the pilgrims.
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