11 Facts About Pattadakal

Nearest airport to Pattadakal is Sambra Belgaum Airport, a 3-hour drive to the west, which operates daily flights to Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.

Pattadakal was considered a holy place, being where the Malaprabha river turned northwards towards the Himalayas and the Kailasha mountain.

Pattadakal became, along with nearby Aihole and Badami, a major cultural centre and religious site for innovations in architecture and experimentation of ideas.

Pattadakal was a part of the border region that witnessed wars between Vijayanagara and the Sultanates to its north.

Monuments at Pattadakal are evidence of the existence, and the history, of interaction between the early northern and southern styles of Hindu arts.

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The Pattadakal monuments completed in 7th and 8th century are among the earliest surviving examples of these early religious arts and ideas.

Pattadakal monuments reflect a fusion of two major Indian architectural styles, one from north India and the other from south India.

The largest of these temples in Pattadakal is the Virupaksha Temple, which was built between 740 and 745 CE.

Jaina temple at Pattadakal was built during the 9th century, possibly with sponsorship from the Rashtrakuta King Krishna II or the Kalyani Chalukyas.

Pattadakal writes that the artisans express the conflicting concepts of Dharma and Moksha in Hindu theology, particularly Pashupata Shaivism.

Temples at Pattadakal are symbolic of the Chalukya inclination towards integration, and experimentation, resulting in a merging of the Northern and Southern Indian architectural styles.