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    The document discusses the architecture of the Badami Chalukya dynasty from the 5th-8th centuries AD in North Karnataka, India. It describes the Vesara and Chalukya styles that evolved, including early rock-cut cave temples at Aihole and Badami that were elaborated on. Badami cave temples featured pillared verandas, columned halls, and sanctums cut into rock, along with sculptural details. Structural temples later built at Aihole and Pattadakal refined the Chalukya style.

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    The document discusses the architecture of the Badami Chalukya dynasty from the 5th-8th centuries AD in North Karnataka, India. It describes the Vesara and Chalukya styles that evolved, including early rock-cut cave temples at Aihole and Badami that were elaborated on. Badami cave temples featured pillared verandas, columned halls, and sanctums cut into rock, along with sculptural details. Structural temples later built at Aihole and Pattadakal refined the Chalukya style.

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    The Badami Chalukya architecture was a temple building idiom that evolved in the time period of 5th 8th

    h centuries AD. in the area of Malaprabha basin, in present day Bagalkot district (North Karnataka) of Karnataka state. Vesara style and Chalukya style. Their earliest temples date back to around 450 in Aihole when the Badami Chalukyas were feudatories of the Kadamba of Banavasi. BADAMI Cave 1 (Shiva) Cave 2 (Vishnu as Trivikrama or Vamana, Varaha and Krishna) Cave 3 (Vishnu as Narasimha, Varaha, Harihara and Trivikrama.) Cave 4 (Jain Tirthankara Parsvanatha) Bhutanatha group temples (Badami and Kalyani Chalukya) Mallikarjuna group temples (Kalyani Chalukya) Yellamma group temples (Kalyani Chalukya) During 450 AD, the Chalukya style originated in Aihole and was perfected in Badami and Pattadakal. The Chalukya artists experimented with different styles,blended the Indo-Aryan Nagara and Dravidian styles, and evolved Chalukya style. The equals of the grand temples of South India do not find in North and Central India, (which was comparatively free of frequent foreign invasions). Their style includes two types of monuments. The rock cut halls (caves) - Badami Structural temples Aihole andPattadakal Badami cave temples have rock cut halls with three basic features: pillared veranda, columned hall and a sanctum cut out deep into rock. Early experiments in rock cut halls were attempted in Aihole where they built three cave temples, one each in Vedic, Buddhist and Jaina styles. Later they refined their style and cut out four marvellous cave temples at Badami. One noteworthy feature of these cave temples is the running frieze of Ganas in various amusing postures caved in relief on each plinth. The outside verandas of the cave temples are rather plain, but the inner hall contains rich and prolific sculptural symbolism. Many centuries later, the serene art of the Badami Chalukya reappeared in the pillared architecture of the Vijayanagar Empire. Their caves include finely engraved sculptures of Harihara, Trivikrama, Mahisa Mardhini, Tandavamurthi, Paravasudeva, Nataraja, Varaha, Gomateshvara and others.

    Pallava architecture classified into: 1st phase : wholly rock-cut 2nd phase : wholly structural Rajasimha brought a new architectural movement: rock cut movement ceased & art of structural building taken up. 2 main e.g. Of Rajasimha groupthe Kailasanatha temple &The Vaikuntha perumal temple in Kanchipuram. The Seven Rathas were excavated during the reign of Narasimhavarman 1. The Dharmaraja Ratha is the largest of the group and is 12.8 mtrs. long. Its height is 12.3 mtrs feet. Built on a square base, it has a 3-tier pyramidal superstructure with a stupa adorn it on top. The Draupadi Ratha is the smallest and most elegant. Dedicated to Saivism, these rathas have around them images of lions, elephants and bulls carved on rocks as symbols of Durga, Indra and Shiva respectively.

    The temples, mostly pyramidal structures have either a square or rectangular base. The superstructure of the Bhima Ratha is different and is semicircular in shape like the vaulted roof of a wagon. The mandaps and Rathas are adorned with beautiful sculptured figures and panels. Pancha Rathas (Five Chariots) - five monolithic pyramidal structures named after the Pandavas (Arjuna, Bhima, Yudhishtra, Nakula and Sahadeva) and Draupadi. An interesting aspect of the rathas is that, despite their sizes they are not assembled each of these is carved from one single large piece of stone. Arjuna's Penance - relief sculpture on a massive scale extolling an episode from the Hindu epic, The Mahabharata. Descent of the Ganges - a giant open-air bas relief. The Shore Temple - a structural temple along the Bay of Bengal with the entrance from the western side away from the sea. Recent excavations have revealed new structures here

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