Archaeological Museum Badami

The entry fee is 5₹ per person. When we wanted to pay through QR scan, the ticket counter guy said you will have to add adhar number, pan number etc while paying. So we gave cash and he didnt give the ticket. Said ticket machine has some issue and even inside they asked for ticket and we said they didn’t give any but paid. Then a guy came and asked not to ask for tickets anymore. They are all involved in making money!

BADAMI ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM:

The museum is located at the foothills of the northern hill containing the northern

fort and near the famous Pallava Narasimhavarmman‟s inscription. It was established in

1979, as a sculpture shed to collect and preserve explored materials, sculptures,

inscriptions, architectural members scattered in and around Badami. Subsequently it was

converted into a full fledged site museum in the year 1982.

The museum mainly comprises of pre-historic stone implements and sculptures,

architectural members, inscriptions, hero stones etc.datable from 6th to 16th century AD.

The museum has four galleries, an open gallery in the veranda and an open air

gallery in front. The exhibits chiefly comprise of sculptures of Siva in different forms,

Ganapati, forms of Vishnu, panel narrating Bhagavata scenes, Lajjagauri, etc

Worth visiting place in Badami

Need to buy an entry ticket for this Archaeological museum, ₹5 per ticket

Well maintained place here you can see the amazing old sculptures and God statues

No crowded places.

Museum is maintained by ASI and the entry fee here is 5₹. There are some collectibles on display here whiich we’re found around the area near the caves.

Their are many temples around Badami which are more or less in ruined shape. Lots of figures seen at the museum are from those temples which were destroyed over time.

Good details have been put up there if you want to understand a little more about Badami and it’s caves and temples.

Right from here you can also hike up to the northern side of the Badami fort. There is no entrance fee for that.

A visit here would be good. Would take around 30 min to cover it. Their is a small parking lot in case you are taking your own vehicle.

You can also hire an auto to reach here.

Lajjagowri sculpture - many sculptures explaining the Bhagavatha puranas, history, evoluation of man and languages beautifully depcited

There is nothing to see in the museum as such. All the stone sculptures are just placed inside found from cave temples and other temples in the premises. The museum closes at 5.00 pm. The museum premises is really beautiful though one can go for a hike for about an hr or so.

Visited the place with high expectations. But was extremey disappointed. A few things of early Badami era have been kept but most of them do not have any descriptions. A very small place with four small galleries. Photography prohibited for apparently of no reasons. ASI should think of this very seriously. Had same experience at the ASI museum at Aihole.

The archeological museam in badami is the best place to get know about the badami and it's all time history. You can also get to see here the sculptures and ruins of God's status are kept here under the surveillance of the archeological department of India and Karnataka government togetherly.

This is a very small museum with about 3/4 small rooms. One of the rooms cover general prehistory, one covers the temples of Badami, Pattadakal and the surrounding areas, and has exhibits of Hindu sculptures. The entry fee is basically pocket change, and to be honest there’s not much to see. Some of the better exhibits have labels with excellent explanations.

The museum is located at the foot of Badami Fort in the village on the northern shores of Agasthya Lake. Unless you’re planning on climbing up to the Upper Shivalaya Temple, then I wouldn’t go out of the way to visit the museum.

Just to the left of Archeological Museum there is an entrance to the hill. One has to climb up the hill which is exactly opposite to the famous Badami Caves separated by Agasthya Lake. Getting to the top in itself a nice experience. It make us feel, we are in history. Upon getting to the top we find remnants of fort, watch towers, temples. A durgah is also there. It is a different dimension of Badami.