Vatapi

Construction of the earliest temples at Aihole was followed by that of Mahakutesvara (c. 525) and completion of the cave-temple to Vishnu at Vatapi (578).

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The first Chalukya dynasty in Maharashtra advanced from Aihole on the upper Kistna to nearby Vatapi (or Badami, c. 550) and to Banavasi (566–97) at the expense of the Kadambas.

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The Pallava Narasimhavarman defeated Chalukya Pulakesin II (c. 642) and took Vatapi.

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And Agastya ate up the whole of the meat supplied by Vatapi (transformed into a ram).

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

And Vatapi also capable of assuming any form at will, would immediately assume the shape of a ram.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

And so having transformed the Asura Vatapi into a ram and properly cooked his flesh and feeding Brahmanas therewith, he would summon Vatapi.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

It was for his having disregarded the Brahmanas that the great Asura -- the wicked and evil-minded Vatapi was digested when he came in contact with Agastya.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

Indeed, O king, this is the asylum graced with numerous beauties, of that Agastya who had slain Vatapi of

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

And that prince of Asuras received them hospitably, entertaining them, O son of the Kuru race, with well dressed meat supplied by his brother Vatapi (transformed into a ram).

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

It was here that that foremost of speakers, king Yudhishthira asked Lomasa as to why Agastya had slain Vatapi there.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli