Jain Mutt
-Dr.H.A.Parshwanath Jain mutt is a place where the propagator and the server of Jainism lives and under whose guidance the […]
Panchaparameshti Basadi
The Panchaparameshti Basadi or the Danashale basadi near the entrance to Akkana Basadi enshrines the Pancha-parameshthi group. The five panchaparameshtis […]
Nagara Jinalaya
Nagara Jinalaya bears a simple architecture with Devakoshtas. There is Adinatha Tirthankara statue in the Garbhagriha. It was built by […]
Akkana Basadi
Akkana Basadi in the town, Shanthishwara temple in Jinanathapura built in 12th-13th century are the good pieces of Hoysala sculpture […]
Bhandari Basadi
It is the largest temple seen in the town at Shravanabelagola and is built at different stages in different times. […]
Enclosure
The Kannada, Marathi and Tamil inscriptions on either side of the image immediately below those of chamundaraya state that the […]
Chouri Bearers
On both sides of the image of Gommata, a little to the front, are two Chouri/Chamara bearers about 6 feet […]
Mahamastakabhisheka
The word Mahamasthakabhisheka/Mahamastakabhisheka is a combination of three words viz: Maha (great), Masthaka (head) and Abhisheka (anointing) which literally means […]
Art of Gommata
The labour bestowed on this image is really astonishing and the image is on the whole a very successful master […]
Description of Gommata
The colossal image of Gommateshwara standing erect on the summit of the large hill is nude and faces north. The […]