Kalagi town, earlier known as Kaluge, back in its heyday had a cluster of 101 temples built during the reign of Kalyani Chalukyas, who ruled between the 10th and 12th Centuries. Suryanarayana temple Among the temples one that stands out is Suryanarayana Temple constructed during the reign of Vikramaditya-VI, a greatest monarch of the Kalyani Chalukya dynasty. As the Chalukya …
THE most fascinating journeys are those that lead us backwards in time, step by chipped, cracked, crooked, crumbling step. The clues range from almost intact temples of relatively recent origin embellished with exquisite etchings that easily give away their provenance to dilapidated pavilions of indeterminate vintage and origins, remnants of prehistoric pottery, cave engravings and edicts dating back to the …
