Cave 3 : Lord Vishnu as Narasimha. Badami Caves, Bijapur district, Karnataka, India

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Four cave-temples, three Brahmanical and the fourth Jaina. The earliest of them (Cave 3 is dedicated to Vishnu and is the largest Cave Circa 578 CE. Cave 2, the smallest is also dedicated to Vishnu and Cave 1 is dedicated to Siva. The Jaina cave-temple at the very top of the hill is later by about a century from the rest.

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Location: Bijapur district, Karnataka, India
Photo credit: © Anand Diwadkar / Alamy / Afripics
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