Pattadakal Dance Festival.

Going for this? Pattadakal in February

Getting there

Where to eat

• KSTDC Hotel Mayura Chalukya (Badami base — 22km)

  Ramdurg Road, near Badami cave temples (22km from Pattadakal) · ₹₹

  SignatureMulti-cuisine meals in the government tourism hotel garden

  Quieter than Badami's Station Road strip; good for a late lunch after Pattadakal. Standard government-hotel hours — call ahead for off-season dinner timing.

• Hotel Sanman Deluxe (Badami base — 22km)

  Station Road, central Badami (22km from Pattadakal) · ₹₹

  SignatureJolada rotti thali with brinjal ennegai

  Ask for the local jolada-rotti thali rather than the default menu. Central on Station Road, close to the bus stand — handy for an early start to the Pattadakal-Aihole circuit.

• Pattadakal temple-complex village jolada-rotti stalls

  Outside the Group of Monuments complex entrance, Pattadakal · ₹

  SignatureJolada rotti with chutney and seasonal palya

  Eat the jolada-rotti-and-chutney plate from the village stalls for the real local meal, or pack food — there is no AC restaurant in Pattadakal. For a proper sit-down lunch base in Badami (~22km). The roadside stalls also sell cold goli soda, welcome in the heat.

• Mahakuta banyan-tree thali stalls (Mahakuta — 12km foodway)

  Mahakuteshwara Temple complex, Mahakuta village (12km from Pattadakal) · ₹

  SignatureVillage thali eaten under the banyan tree by the temple tank

  Combine Mahakuta with the Pattadakal-Badami drive — the temple tank and banyan-tree meal are worth the short detour. The food is informal stall cooking, freshest around midday when pilgrim crowds arrive.

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Other festivals in February, elsewhere

• Desert FestivalFebruary (3 days)
• Fagli FestivalFebruary
• Taj MahotsavFebruary 18-27 (10 days)
• Nawalgarh FestivalFebruary (varies)
• Baneshwar FairFebruary (Magh Purnima)
• Gopeshwar Shivratri MelaFebruary-March (Maha Shivaratri)

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