Why visit Bādāmi
Townapedia lists 5 museums and landmarks, 7 places to eat and 11 places to stay in and around town.
Highlights include Badami Cave Temples and Kappe Arabatta Shilashasana.
Weather in Bādāmi
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About Bādāmi
Bādāmi (Kannada: [baːd̪aːmi]), formerly known as Vātāpi (Sanskrit: from āpi, ‘friend, ally’; ‘having the wind (vāta) as an ally’), is a town and headquarters of a taluk by the same name, in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka, India. It was the regal capital of the Badami Chalukyas from 540 to 757. It is famous for its rock cut monuments such as the Badami cave temples, as well as the structural temples such as the Bhutanatha temples, Badami Shivalaya and Jambulingesvara Temple. It is located in a ravine at the foot of a rugged, red sandstone outcrop that surrounds Agastya lake.
From the Wikipedia article Badami (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Bādāmi on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Museums and landmarks5
Hazrat Sayyada Badshah Rahmatullahi Alaihi Dargah
Monument and historic site · 1.2 km
Restaurants and cafes7
Where to stay11
Hotel Badami Court unit of shreejit Resorts Pvt Ltd
Motel and hotel · 2.5 km
17/3 17/3 Station Road Badami, Badami
Churches and places of worship10
Shopping2
Gas and EV charging3
Schools, colleges and libraries2
Healthcare3
Map of Bādāmi
43 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Hubballi Airport (HBX) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 89 km away.
- Kerūr 18 km northwest, about 18 min by car
- Guledagudda 19 km northeast, about 19 min by car
- Kamatgi 23 km northeast, about 23 min by car
- Ron 25 km south, about 25 min by car
- Gūdūr 26 km east, about 26 min by car
- Bagalkot 30 km north, about 30 min by car
- Amīngarh 33 km northeast, about 33 min by car
- Gajendragarh 37 km southeast, about 37 min by car
- Nargund 38 km southwest, about 38 min by car
- Hubballi 86 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- BadamiCaves87, Sanyam Bahga, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6th - 7th century Badami cave temples layout exterior annotated, Ms Sarah Welch, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bhutanatha temple in Badami, Karnataka, India, Gs9here, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Vishnu image inside cave number 3 in Badami, Dineshkannambadi ( talk ) 03:35, 13 August 2008 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cliffs overlooking lake badami, Unknown author, Public domain
- Bhutanatha group of temples, Badami, Ravimgpm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Early morning on a highway, Harshita M Jogin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- The moon in the morning, Harshita M Jogin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rock cut Cave 2, Badami, Dey.sandip, CC BY 3.0
- Rock Cut Cave 1, Badami, Dey.sandip, CC BY 3.0
- Cave Temple 4, Badami edit, Dey.sandip (Edited by Christian Ferrer ), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cave Temple 4, Badami, Dey.sandip, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cave Temple 3, Badami, Dey.sandip, CC BY 3.0
- Bhutanatha Temple, Badami, Dey.sandip, CC BY 3.0
- The cloudy morning, Harshita M Jogin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Coconut trees line, Harshita M Jogin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- The hiding sun behind clouds, Harshita M Jogin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Morning on highway while jogging, Harshita M Jogin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- The lazy morning, Harshita M Jogin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bright morning, Harshita M Jogin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Spotlight of sun on land, Harshita M Jogin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bhoothanatha temple, Shyamal L., CC BY-SA 4.0
- Temple of Galaganath, Badami, IPavankumar, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Temple of Galaganath, IPavankumar, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cave temple, Badami, Karnataka, S2001C, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Between the pillars at Badami, Surajit Basu, CC BY-SA 3.0
- The dark morning, Harshita M Jogin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Early morning with dark blue sky, Harshita M Jogin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Blue black evening, Harshita M Jogin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- The dark evening, Harshita M Jogin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Snake carvings, Shakiladisouza, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 17 hand Lord Shiva, Shakiladisouza, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Badami cave temples, cave 3 - hamvrvb102k22 (84), Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Badami cav, Akshaykumar c h, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Troglodytique Shiva Hindu Temple Badami Karnataka India 2014, Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0
- Badami cave temples, cave 1 - hamvrvb102k22 (36), Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Badami cave temples, cave 1 - hamvrvb102k22 (37), Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Badami Cave Temples (50101193951), Lodo from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Badami cave temples, cave 1 - hamvrvb102k22 (38), Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0
- La mosquée Markaj Jumma (Badami, Inde) (14363218151), Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0
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