Aihole (pronounced "Ahhh-heee-ohl-eee") is a town about 46 Km northeast of Badami. It was the capitol of the Chalukyas for 200 years. There are actually 125 temples in the area, but I didn't have time to see them all. I really only went to see two small temples complexes here.
img_0674.jpg (64.8 KB)A tiny cave to the right of the main temple.
A small temple to the left of the main one here.
A bull (?) sculpture. It's very weathered from the years it's been here. This is right in front of the main temple.
The main temple
A little temple to the right (seen in the previous picture too).
A carved wall on the left side of the first room of the temple.
The second main chamber in the temple, in the center of the room.
A really burnt out room to the right of the first room.
A view from the first room, looking to the right a bit. On the far right is the burnt out room, on the left is the second main chamber with the Linga.
This is the ceiling of the main building.
The Linga in the second room in the center of the temple. There's clearly been a lot of fires in here, and there are carved out holes in the ground that looks like they've had fires in them for years.
Another temple complex around Aihole.
This is small building. The stones in front can be seen from the opposite direction in the previous picture.
The Linga in the main temple here.
The door leading to the small room containing the Linga in the main temple.
The view of the surrounding countryside from the temple.
This is a really deep pit next to the temples - I don't know if they are building a new temple here or restoring an old one or what.
