Pattadakal

Sangameshvara Temple

Kashivishvanatha temple

Built by the Rashtrakuta dynasty was the last to be built in early Chalukya style at Pattadakal, Karnataka, India

Pattadakal, Karnataka, India

Pattadakal is a World Heritage site, a village and an important tourist center in the state of Karnataka, India. Located on the left bank of the Malaprabha River in Bagalkot district and is 514 km from Bangalore.

Pattadakal, site where Badami Chalukya kings were coronated, was the capital of the Chalukya dynasty of Karnataka in Southern India between the 6th and 8th centuries. The Chalukyas built many temples here between the 7th and 8th century. There are ten temples at Pattadakal.
The group of 8th century monuments in Pattadakal are the culmination of the earliest experiments in the vesara style both Dravidian (Southern) and the Nagara (Northern) styles of temple architecture.