Alampuram On the bend of the Tungabhadra river, in the village of Halampur (now Alampur), in their original home land it is said, one of the Chaukayas began the Nava Brahma temple as a coeval of the shrines already built at Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal.

If faith enlarges man’s perspective, then the site where the faith was to be realised seems to have been the important consideration for the ancients. The beauty of the earth is concentrated on the bend where the Tungabhadra rushes on to its sangam (confluence) with the Krishna.

Certainly, the extension of consciousness towards the deity even now takes place in the first confrontation with the Alampur temples. One legend associates the name Nava Brahma with the traditional herbs - Bala, Kemara, Arka, Vira, Vishva and Padma, said to have been used by Rasa Siddhas, a symbolic representation of herbs.

The following are the main temples to see in Alampur:

Swarga Brahma temple Padma Brahma temple Garuda Brahma temple Bala Brahma temple Arka Brahma temple Kumara Brahma temple Vira Brahma temple Vishva Brahma temple Taraka Brahma temple