Banashankari Badami is a temple dedicated to Goddess Banashankari also known as Shakambari. She is an avatar of Goddess Parvati. Legend has it that the temple was built 1500 years ago and has a mixture of Dravidian and Aryan styles. The Goddess is the Kuladevi to a lot of families and cuts across caste lines. The ten avatars of Lord Vishnu, copyright BBT In Hindu philosophy, an avatar, avatara or avataram (Sanskrit: , IAST: ), most commonly refers to the incarnation (bodily manifestation) of a higher being (deva), or the Supreme Being (God) onto planet Earth. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Dravidian may refer to: Dravidian languages, including the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada languages spoken especially in southern India and Sri Lanka. ... Aryan () is an English language word derived from the Sanskrit and Iranian terms ārya-, the extended form aryāna-, ari- and/or arya- (Sanskrit: आर्य, Persian: آریا). Beyond its use as the ethnic self-designation of the Proto-Indo-Iranians, the meaning noble/spiritual one has been attached to it in Sanskrit... Caste systems are traditional, hereditary systems of social stratification, enforced by law or common practice, based on classifications such as occupation, race, ethnicity, etc. ...

Famous time to visit the temple is in the month of January during Pushya maasa, where a navrathri is held. Navratri (Sanskrit:नवरात्रि) is a Hindu festival of worship and dance. ...

Situated close to Badami in a place called Cholachagudda, in Bagalkot District of Karnataka. In front of the temple one finds a tank and ruins of the old temple. Bagalkot is an administrative district in the state of Karnataka in India. ... Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ...