The Badami cave temples are a complex of temples located at Badami, a town in the Bagalkot District in the north part of Karnataka, India. They are considered an example of Indian rock-cut architecture, especially Badami Chalukya Architecture.Badami previously known as Vapati Badami, the capital of the Early Chalukyas, who ruled much of Karnataka from middle of 6th until the middle of 8th centuries is suitated on the west bank of artificial lake filed with greenish water, dammed by an earthen wall faced with stone steps.