Banashankari Temple, Badami

Name: Banashankari Temple
Address: Bagalkot District, Badami, 587201, India

#3 among attractions in Badami

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Banashankari Devi Temple is a Hindu shrine located at Cholachagudda near Badami, in Bagalkot district, Karnataka, India. The temple is popularly called °Shakambhari°' 'Banashankari or Vanashankari' 'since it is located in the Tilakaaranya forest. The temple deity is also called the Shakambhari, an incarnation of the goddess Parvati. ()

Completed: XVIII centuryCoordinates: 15°53'14"N, 75°42'17"E

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Bagalkot DistrictBadami 587201 India

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Nearby attractions include: Badami cave temples, Bhutanatha group of temples, Mahakuta group of temples, Khyad.

2.5 miNW
Temple, Sacred and religious sites, Cave
Badami cave temples, Badami
65 min walk • Nestled in the rugged sandstone outcrops of Karnataka, India, the Badami cave temples stand as a magnificent testament to ancient Indian rock-cut architecture. These caves, hewn out of solid rock, date back to the 6th century and were created under the patronage of the...
2.6 miNW
Temple
Bhutanatha group of temples, Badami
66 min walk • The Bhutanatha group of temples are 7th to 12th century Hindu temples to the east of Agastya lake in Badami, Karnataka state, India.
3.6 miNE
Temple
Mahakuta group of temples
93 min walk • The Mahakuta group of temples is located in Mahakuta, a village in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka state, India. It is an important place of worship for Hindus and the location of a well-known Shaiva monastery. The temples are dated to the 6th or 7th century CE and were constructed by the early kings of the Chalukya dynasty of Badami.
2.8 miNW
Archaeological site
Khyad, Badami
71 min walk • Khyad village is in Badami taluk in Bagalkot District in North Karnataka, popular for prehistoric structures, found many fossils of prehistoric Stone Age. In 1873 Robert Bruise discovered this area.
2.7 miNW
Ruins
Kappe Arabatta Shilashasana, Badami
70 min walk • Kappe Arabhatta was a Chalukya warrior of the 8th century who is known from a Kannada verse inscription, dated to c. 700 CE, and carved on a cliff overlooking the northeast end of the artificial lake in Badami, Karnataka, India. The inscription consists of five stanzas written out in ten lines in the Kannada script.

Banashankari Temple, Badami

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Banashankari Temple – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Badami cave temples, Badami

Bhutanatha group of temples, Badami

Mahakuta group of temples

Khyad, Badami

Kappe Arabatta Shilashasana, Badami