Pattadakal, Karnataka, India   More about Pattadakal   Traveller Ratings Pictures and Photos   Location Picker   India Agra Agra Alleppey Backwater Bangalore Bangalore Cochin Cochin Goa Goa Jaipur Jaipur Karnataka Bangalore Mysore Somnathpur Hampi Srirangapatnam Hubli Chikmagalur Pattadakal Aihole Mangalore Gulbarga Bijapur Badami Hospet Chitradurga Halebid Belur Hassan Sravanabelagola Nagarhole Coorg Bandipur Bidar Kerala Alleppey Backwater Alleppey Backwater Houseboat Alleppey Beach Cochin Periyar (thekkady) Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary Varkala Kovalam Beach Trivandrum Athirappalli Cherai Beach Kannur Vagamon Thalassery Palakkad Pala Wayanad Calicut Kanjirapally Poovar Beach Kumarakom Munnar Khajuraho Khajuraho Kovalam Beach Kovalam Beach Madhya Pradesh Khajuraho Orchha Gwalior Madurai Madurai Mahabalipuram Mahabalipuram Maharashtra Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Mysore Mysore New Delhi New Delhi Periyar (thekkady) Periyar (thekkady) Pondicherry Pondicherry Rajasthan Jojawar Nawalgarh Jaipur Udaipur Jodhpur Bikaner Jaisalmer Karauli Bharatpur Pushkar Ranakpur Ranthambore Rohet Bundi Kumbhalgarh Phalodi Osian Khimsar Ajmer Region Shekhawati Nimaj Chittorgarh Deogarh Mandawa Shahpura Manvar Tamil Nadu Chennai Mahabalipuram Thiruvannamalai Chidambaram Darasuram Temple Kumbakonam Tanjore Trichy Madurai Coimbatore Metupalayam Tranquebar Dindugal Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary Kodaikanal Coonoor Karaikudi Rameshwaram Swamimalai Kanchipuram Gingee Ooty Gangaikondacholapuram Kanyakumari Pondicherry Tanjore Tanjore Udaipur Udaipur Uttar Pradesh Agra Varanasi Varanasi Varanasi Ancient Temples and Monuments of World Heritage Importance   Detailed Map Pattadakal Pattadakal is a town in the Indian state of Karnataka. The town lies on the banks of the Malaprabha River in Bagalkot district of North Karnataka region. It is 22 km from Badami and about 10 km from Aihole. There are numerous temples here with the remains of the earliest ones dating back to the 3rd and 4th Century. The most important monuments here are the Mallikarjuna and Virupaksha Temples.A group of 8th Century monuments in Pattadakal are the culmination of the earliest experiments in the vesara style of Hindu temple architecture. They were designated a World Heritage Site in 1987. The town displays both Dravidian (Southern) and the Nagara (Northern, Indo-Aryan) styles of temple architecture

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