|
 Shravanabelagola in Hassan
District is 157 km away from
Bangalore is an important Jaina
centre. There is a pond and two
stony hills, called Chandragiri
and Indragiri. Chandragiri has
the Chandragupta basadi of the
Gangas and the Parashwanatha
basadi here is the biggest. The
town below the hill has the
Jaina matha whose walls have
very old paintings. Indragiri
has the Gommata monolith, 58'
tall, installed by a Ganga
general and scholar Chavundaraya,
and also Siddhara basadi, Odegal
basadi, Chennanna basadi and
Chauvvisa Tirthankara basadi,
and also the finely engraved
pillar called Tyagada Brahma
Pillar. The floral designs on it
are excellent. To the north of
town is Jinanathapura which has
the Aregal basadi and the
Shantinatha basadi of Hoysala
times. Shravanabelagola has over
500 inscriptions, and some of
them are recording death by
starving (`sallekhana') by Jaina
ascetics and laymen.
Getting here:
Shravanabelagola is well
connected by road and rail to
Bangalore, Mysore and Hassan.
Regular buses ply from Hassan.
Where to stay:
|
