The capital of the Early Chalukyas, Badami (also known as Vatapi), is picturesquely situated at the mouth of a Ravine between two rocky hills.

Rock-cut cave temples, gateways, forts, inscriptions, sculptures that seem to come alive under your eyes… Badami has to be seen to be believed.

Luxury Holiday Package Tour Badami - Badami Sight Seeing Tour Karnataka - Climb a flight of steps to reach the ancient caves all hewn out of sand stone on the precipice of a hill.

There are four caves here. The first three belong to the Vedic faith and the fourth cave is the only Jain temple in Badami.

Enter the first cave temple past Shiva's door keepers and there he is ! The eighteen armed Nataraja stricking 81 dance poses ! The largest and most ornamental is the third cave temple dedicated to Vishnu.

Badami Travel Guide - Here are some splendid carvings of the Hindu Pantheon.

Badami Travel Guide - Narasimha the half-man half Lion avatar of Vishnu Hari Hara, the composite god who is half-Shiva and half-Vishnu.

Vishnu Narayana sitting as well as reclining on the snake Shesh or Ananta (Eternity )… There are also some painting on the ceiling and wonderful bracket figures on the piers.

Badami Travel Guide, Karnataka is one of the most famous tourist destination in India. Bangalore is the cosmpolitan and capital city of Karnataka. Bangalore, also known as the garden city is today known as the "computer city" of India. In the Karnataka Tour you will visit some of the famous places in Karnataka like Bangalore, Mysore, Hassan, Hospet, Hampi, Badami, Bijapur and Gulbarga.

Luxury Holiday Package Tour Badami - Day 1: Bangalore
Luxury Holiday Package Tour Badami, Around midnight arrive in Bangalore. Bangalore is the capital city of the Indian state Karnataka. This former "Garden city" of Bangalore is known today as the "computer city" of India. Upon arrival, you will be met by an Indo Vacations representative and transferred to the hotel.

Day 2: Bangalore
Luxury Holiday Package Tour Badami, In the morning we drive through the garden city with its numerous avenues of Jacaranda, Gulmohar and Cassia. We will visit the Bull temple and the famous Gowda Fort. The Bull teample was built in the Dravidian style of architecture and has a huge Nandi Bull carved out of a single grey granite. The famous Gowda Fort was built by Tipu Sultan. We will also visit the Vidhana Saudha and downtown commercial centre. This Vidhana Saudha, which is built after independence, stands out by its imposing architecture in the neo Dravidian style.

Day 3: Bangalore - Mysore (about 140 kms)
In the morning we drive to Mysore. Enroute we visit Srirangapatnam, about 16 kms from Mysore. Srirangapatnam is built on an island in the Cauvery River and the ruins of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan's capital are located. In Srirangapatnam we will visit the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, a popular Hindu temple and the Tipu's summer palace, which is now a museum, set in a well maintained garden. After visiting Srirangapatnam we drive to Mysore. Mysore is a magnificent royal city and is world famous for silk and sandalwood. Mysore is also a famous production centre of saris. Mysore is known for the famous temple of goddess Chamundeshwari and the palaces built by Tipu Sultan. 

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