GROUP OF MONUMENTS IN PATTADAKAL

GROUP OF MONUMENTS IN PATTADAKAL

  PLACE: BAGALKOT DISTRICT, KARNATAKA

      BUILT BY: CHALUKYA DYNASTY, 6^TH – 8^TH CENTURY

FAMOUS FOR: ARCHITECTURAL REPRESENT OF NORTHERN (NAGARA) AND SOUTHERN (DRAVIDIAN) 

HISTORY:  It consists of 9 Hindu temples, as well as Jain sanctuary in northern Karnataka. It has the most outstanding architectural carvings. These monuments are the examples of the temples built by the Chalukya Dynasty in the 6^th to the 8^th century at Aihole, Badami, and Pattadakal, later city was known as the “CROWN RUBIES”. These monuments are dedicated to Lord SHIVA. In 1987 UNESCO declared these monuments as a world heritage sites.