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Chalukya Kings of Badami

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Keywords: chalukya, badami, pattadakallu



A Chalukyan Miniature Painting
Pattadkal miniature painting
Chalukyan Art
Shiva with his bull, Nandi, at Durga temple, Aihole

Shiva and his bull vehicle Nandi
Lord Shiva of Badami
Western Chalukyan Sculpture
Shiva Killing an Asura, Badami Sculpture

Romance of Shiva and Parvati
Alampur temple sculpture in Andhra Pradesh
Kalyan Chalukyan Sculpture
Sculptures of Alampur
Romance of Shiva and Parwati
Eastern Chalukyan temple sculpture, Alampur

Designs from a Pattadakal Temple
Notice the Swastika and the embedded warrior couple
Chalukyan Swastika
A Sculpture from Pattadakallu
A Pattadkal sculpture
A great example of Chalukyan art

Lad Khan Temple, Aihole
One of the first of Chalukyan temple, perhaps constructed as a sample in 450 A.D. This is believed to be a temple for Lord Shiva
Lad Khan Temple
U-Shaped  Chalukyan Temple
Unique Temple of Aihole, 7th Century A.D.
This horse-shoe shaped temple was built duirng the reign of Vikramaditya II. Its gopuram is in the Rekhanagar style of the north. In the corridor of the temple are beautifully carved idols of Vishnu, Shiva, the Matsyayantra and Nagadevatas.

 

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