Template:Did you know nominations/Badami cave temples

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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 16:20, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Badami cave temples

Badami cave 3

• ... that the Badami cave temples (pictured), in a river valley of Karnataka, is considered a cradle of temple architecture that inspired later Hindu temples in the region?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hu Dunfu
• Comment: GA approved on 4 March

Improved to Good Article status by Nvvchar (talk) and Ms Sarah Welch (talk). Nominated by Nvvchar (talk) at 05:38, 7 March 2016 (UTC).

• ALT1: ... that Badami cave temples is a UNESCO world heritage site candidate and features a pre-8th century Tandava dancing Shiva (pictured)?

• Jeez, guys! Plural subject, plural verb! I dread to look at the actual article. Johnbod (talk) 12:14, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

• @Johnbod: Indeed, that is what I thought, before getting conflicted. It is one monument/site.

ALT2: ... that the Badami cave temples (pictured), in a river valley of Karnataka, are considered a cradle of temple architecture that inspired later Hindu temples in the region?

ALT3: ... that Badami cave temples is a UNESCO world heritage site candidate and features a pre-8th century Tandava dancing Shiva (pictured)?

Thanks, Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 00:16, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

• This newly promoted GA has been nominated soon enough and is long enough. Approving ALT3 and the second image, which is suitably licensed (I'm not so keen on the "is/are considered" type of hook). The article is neutral but most of the sources are unavailable to me. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:18, 25 March 2016 (UTC)