Badami/Vatapi (Kar)

Kan: ಬಾದಾಮಿ bādāmi ‘Vatapi’  [Vatapi,Vatapipura]  Town, Karnataka (Kar) From Skt/Hin: vadāma(m)/bādāmi  ‘almond (tree’)/’almond-coloured’; or Vatapi, the asura or demon. Badami was the regional capital of the Chalukya kingdom in the 6-8thC and...