Alampur Navabrahma Temples

Jogulamba Gadwal district, India

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

The Alampur Navabrahma Temples are a group of nine early Badami Chalukyan temples dating to the 7th–9th centuries, located in Jogulamba Gadwal district in Telangana near the confluence of the Tungabhadra and Krishna rivers. Though dedicated to Shiva, they bear the name Nava-Brahma and exemplify early North Indian Nagara style architecture constructed from cut rock, resembling the Karnata Dravida Vesara style of Pattadakal and Aihole. Their east-facing square plans feature intricate carvings depicting themes of Shaivism, Vaishnavism, and Shaktism, alongside early narrative friezes illustrating Hindu texts including the Panchatantra fables. Built by Badami Chalukya rulers, the site housed a Shaiva monastery, attested by 8th-century inscriptions. These temples significantly influenced later Kakatiya temple architecture but suffered severe damage during 14th-century Islamic invasions; subsequent construction of an Islamic fort, mosque, and Shah Ali Pedda Dargah between the 15th and 17th centuries partially reused temple masonry. The ruins underwent restoration by the Archaeological Survey of India after 1980.