The Badami cave temples are structures of four Hindu, Jain and possibly Buddhist cave temples located in Badami town in the Bagalkot district in northern part of Karnataka State of India. Thess caves are considered an extraordinary example of Indian rock-cut architecture with Badami Chalukya architecture constructed during 6th century. The Badami cave temples represent some of the earliest known examples of Hindu temples. UNESCO has described the designs of the Badami cave temples.

Badami Caves Temples has serveral caves with distinct features and makes it interesting site visited by many travellers. Caves 1 to 4 are in the escarpment of the hill in soft Badami sandstone formation.

Cave 1 - It houses various sculptures of Hindu divinities and themes, its major carving is of the Tandava a dancing Shiva as Nataraja.

Cave 2 - It is mostly similar to Cave 1 in terms of its layout and dimensions, it features Hindu subjects of which the relief of Vishnu as Trivikrama is the largest.

Cave 3 - It is largest cave consisting of Vishnu-related mythology, and it is also the most intricately carved cave structure in the complex.

Cave 4 - It is dedicated to revered figures of Jainism.

Cave 5 - It is considered as Buddhist cave. This cave was discovered in 2015, which is around 500 metres from the four main caves, with 27 Hindu carvings.