Studio Matrx Monthly · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · October 2026
Amogh N P
✦ In loving memory of Amogh N P — Architect · Designer · Visionary ✦
Photography
✦ Through the lens · in Amogh's frame

Badami through Amogh's lens

The Chalukyan heartland of north Karnataka: the cave temples of Badami above Agastya Lake, the temples at Mahakuta and Banashankari, the UNESCO temple complex of Pattadakal and the temples of Aihole.

Badami, Karnataka May 2015 48 photographs
The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P

01Badami

The sixth-century cave temples cut into the red sandstone, their carved ceilings and sculpture, and Agastya Lake below.

The rock-cut cave temples of Badami in red sandstone, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The rock-cut cave temples of Badami in red sandstone, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The rock-cut cave temples of Badami in red sandstone, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The rock-cut cave temples of Badami in red sandstone, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The rock-cut cave temples of Badami in red sandstone, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
A carved ceiling panel in the Badami cave temples, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
Agastya Lake and the town of Badami below the cliffs, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
A carved ceiling panel in the Badami cave temples, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
A carved ceiling panel in the Badami cave temples, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
Agastya Lake and the town of Badami below the cliffs, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
A cleft in the red sandstone cliffs of Badami, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
A carved ceiling panel in the Badami cave temples, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
Sculpture in the Badami cave temples, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
Sculpture in the Badami cave temples, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
Agastya Lake and the town of Badami below the cliffs, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
Agastya Lake and the town of Badami below the cliffs, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
Sculpture in the Badami cave temples, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
Agastya Lake and the town of Badami below the cliffs, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
Agastya Lake and the town of Badami below the cliffs, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
Sculpture in the Badami cave temples, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P

02Banashankari and Mahakuta

The lamp tower of the Banashankari temple and the temples and sacred tank at Mahakuta.

The lamp tower of the Banashankari temple, near Badami, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The temples and tank at Mahakuta, near Badami, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The temples and tank at Mahakuta, near Badami, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The temples and tank at Mahakuta, near Badami, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The temples and tank at Mahakuta, near Badami, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P

03Pattadakal

The eighth-century temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and their carved pillars.

The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Chalukyan temples of Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P

04Aihole

The temples of Aihole, among them the apsidal Durga Temple.

The temples of Aihole, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The temples of Aihole, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The apsidal Durga Temple, Aihole, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The temples of Aihole, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The temples of Aihole, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The temples of Aihole, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The temples of Aihole, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The temples of Aihole, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The temples of Aihole, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P

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