Pattadkal - Karnataka, Ganbulinga temple from East, showing Shiva - Parvati & Nandi in shukanasika above doorway.

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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. The group of 8th century CE 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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Location: Karnataka, India.
Photo credit: © Shreekant Jadhav / Alamy / Afripics
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