बादामी

thumb|yillamma mandir, badami badami nagar uttari karnatak (bhootapoorv maisoor) rajy ke dakshin-pashchimi bharat mean hai. is nagar ko prachin samay mean vatapi ke nam se jana jata tha. aur yah chaluky rajaoan ki pahali rajadhani tha.

itihas

chhathi-satavian shati ee. mean vatapi nagari chaluky vansh ki rajadhani ke roop mean prasiddh thi. pahali bar yahaan 550 ee. ke lagabhag pulakeshi pratham ne apani rajadhani sthapit ki thi. usane vatapi mean ashvamedh yajn sampann karake apane vansh ki sudridh nianv sthapit ki thi. 608 ee. mean pulakeshi dvitiy vatapi ke sianhasan par asin hua. yah bahut pratapi raja tha. isane prayah 20 varshoan mean gujarat, rajasthan, malava, koankan, veangi adi pradesh ko vijit kiya. 620 ee. ke asapas narmada nadi ke dakshin mean vatapi naresh ki sarvatr duandubhi baj rahi thi aur usake saman yashasvi raja dakshin bharat mean doosara nahian tha. musalaman itihas lekhak tabari ke anusar 625-626 ee. mean eeran ke badashah khusaro dvitiy ne pulakeshiyan ki rajyasabha mean apana ek doot bhejakar usake prati apana samman pradarshit kiya tha. [[chitr:Shiva-2.jpg|thumb|left|shiv ke mandir par naqqashi]] shayad isi ghatana ka drishy ajanta ke ek chitr (guha sankhya 1) mean aankit kiya gaya hai. vatapi nagari is samay apani samriddhi ke madhyahn kal mean thi. kintu 642 ee. mean pallavanaresh narasianh varman ne pulakeshiyan ko yuddh mean parast kar satta ka ant kar diya. pulakeshiyan svany bhi is yuddh mean ahat hua. vatapi ko jitakar narasianh varman ne nagar mean khoob lootamar machaee. pallavoan aur chalukyoan ki shatruta isake pashchath bhi chalati rahi. 750 ee. mean rashtrakootoan ne vatapi tatha parivarti pradesh par adhikar kar liya. vatapi par chalukyoan ka 200 varshoan tak rajy raha. is kal mean vatapi ne bahut unnati ki. hindoo, bauddh aur jain tinoan hi sampadrayoan ne anek mandiroan tatha kalakritiyoan se is nagari ko sushobhit kiya. chhathi shati ke ant mean mangalesh chaluky ne vatapi mean ek guhamandir banavaya tha jisaki vastukala bauddh guha mandiroan ke jaisi hai. vatapi ke rashtrakoot nareshoan mean danntidurg aur krishna pratham pramukh haian. krishna ke samay mean elaura ka jagath prasiddh mandir bana tha kintu rashtrakootoan ke shasanakal mean vatapi ka chalukyakalin gaurav phir n ubhar saka aur isaki khyati dhire-dhire vilupt ho gee.

darshaniy sthal

yahaan chhathi aur satavian shatabdi ke brahmi evan jain gufa mandir hai. thos chattanoan ko katakar banae ge in mandiroan ki aantarik sajja vishisht hai. chaluky kal ke kee mandir bhi yahaan par sthit haian. yah apane pashan shilp kala ke mandiroan ke lie prasiddh hai.

janasankhya

2001 ki ganana ke anusar badami nagar ki janasankhya 25,851 hai.

vithik

center|500px|thumb|badami ka ek drishy

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  badami mandir parisar mean agasty jhil

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  bhootanath shiv mandir, badami

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  bhootanath mandir ke pichhe chhote mandir ka drishy, badami