This is more of a note to myself than a blog post. In the June issue of Outlook Money magazine, I came across an article on Badami. So just listing out places of interest there for future reference:

Agastya Lake
Bhootnath Temple
Fort and museum
Village of Mahakuta is site of Chalukya temples of 6th century
Village Aihole has 5th century's 125 rock temples
Durga temple, Lal Khan temple, Agastya temple
Pattadakal,
Gokak falls

Note: Badami is 150 kms from Belgaum