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Pattadakal

Tourists from almost every corner of the world are reaching Indian tourist places to make their holidays special. Various destinations of India are available for tourism and Pattadakal is one of them. This small village of Karnataka, India lies near the river Malaprabha in Bagalkot region. Pattadakal city is only 22 kms away from Badami and 10 kms away from Aihole station. The village Pattadakal is famous religious spot of Karnataka having countless historic shrines. The structural designs of temples of the town are unique as some are made of Southern (Dravidian) style and few are Indo-Aryan (Nagara) style. Because of unique architecture of temples the town was listed in World Heritage Sites in 1987 by UNESCO.  The temple Sangameshvara is oldest temple of town made before 8th century. It was constructed by Ruler Vijay Aditya among 696 to 733. Town is holding around 10 temples include the Jain shelters by countless shrines and pedestals. The location is having four ...