Pattadakal
Where northern and southern temple styles were tried side by side in the eighth century, and the argument settled.
- Where
- Karnataka, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 15.9490, 75.8160
Get the Pattadakal stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Pattadakal. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Karnataka volume with your photos and a note.
Near Pattadakal
Mahakuta 7.9 km
A group of Chalukyan temples round a spring-fed tank, a few kilometres from Badami.
Aihole 10 km
A hundred and twenty temples in one village, treated by historians as the laboratory where Indian temple form was worked out.
Banashankari Amma Temple 14 km
A temple near Badami with a stepped tank and a chariot festival in January.
Badami Cave Temples 14 km
Four sixth century caves cut into red sandstone above a tank, Hindu and Jain, by the early Chalukyas.
Kudalasangama 38 km
Where the Krishna and the Malaprabha meet, and where Basavanna, the twelfth-century reformer, lies buried at the water's edge.
Almatti Dam 43 km
The main reservoir of the Upper Krishna project in north Karnataka, finished in 2005.
Mahadeva Temple, Itagi 58 km
A Chalukyan temple of 1112 called the emperor among temples by an inscription on its own wall.
Kasivisvesvara Temple, Lakkundi 63 km
A late Chalukyan temple with two shrines facing each other across one hall.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Karnataka
Questions
Where is Pattadakal?
Pattadakal is in Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mahakuta (7.9 km), Aihole (10 km), Banashankari Amma Temple (14 km).
How do I get the Pattadakal stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Pattadakal and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Karnataka volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Pattadakal before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Karnataka volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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