- Badami,
formerly known as
Vātāpi (Sanskrit: from āpi, ‘friend, ally’; ‘having the wind (vāta) as an ally’;
Kannada script: ವಾತಾಪಿ), is a town and headquarters...
- dynasties. The
earliest dynasty,
known as the "Badami Chalukyas",
ruled from
Vatapi (modern Badami) from the
middle of the 6th century. The
Badami Chalukyas...
- "
Vatapi Ganapatim", also
known as "
Vatapi ganapatim bhajeham" or "
Vatapi ganapatim bhaje", is a
Sanskrit kriti song by the
South Indian poet-composer...
-
Ilvala (Sanskrit: इल्वल, romanized: Ilvala) and
Vatapi (Sanskrit: वातापि, romanized:
Vātāpi) are
asura brothers in
Hindu mythology. They are featured...
- The
Battle of
Vatapi was a
decisive engagement which took
place between the
Pallavas and
Chalukyas near the
Chalukya capital of
Vatapi (present day Badami)...
-
Vinayaditya of
Vatapi Chalukya king
Reign c. 681 – c. 696 CE
Predecessor Vikramaditya I
Successor Vijayaditya Issue Vijayaditya Dynasty Chalukyas of
Vatapi Father...
- a
human head,
instead of the
elephant head he is
usually depicted with.
Vatapi Ganapati, the
other Ganesha icon, was
installed in a
smaller shrine at a...
- as Immaḍi ****keśi, was the
greatest Chalukyan Emperor who
reigned from
Vatapi (present-day
Badami in Karnataka, India).
During his reign, the Chalukya...
-
their reign, they
remained in
constant conflict with both the
Chalukyas of
Vatapi to the north, and the
Tamil kingdoms of
Chola and
Pandyas to
their south...
-
securing the
Kanchi fort from the
imminent invasion of the huge
Vatapi army, his loss to the
Vatapi Pulikesi, and
eventual death. The
inscriptions in Madangapattu...
