The age of the cave temple is 2500 years or more.
The access to the cave temple is through stairs starting from bottom of the mountain to its top.
About 1200 such cave temples were built throughout India.
This cave temple is found at the mid-height of the rock, facing south west.
The earliest evidence of cave temples are found in Mihintale.
The main attractions at Badami are the rock cut cave temples.
Hill climbing is required to reach the cave temple.
The cave temple is formed by completely scooping out a large free standing boulder.
Originally, the entire cave temple, including the sculptures, was covered with plaster and painted.
The town is known for its ancient cave temples carved out of the sandstone hills above.