Shravanabelagola Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/shravanabelagola page 1 place once in 12 years. The name, Sravana When To Belagola originates from the Kannad words Shravanabelag implying "White Pond of the Shravana", true to which is a beautiful VISIT ola pond in the middle of the city offering an astounding view of the hamlet. A thriving http://www.ixigo.com/weather-in-shravanabelagola-lp-1137982 Shravana Belgola, located in the tourist destination for its intriguing history Hassan district of Karnataka, is one and inspiring sculptures, the religious town Jan of the most important pilgrimage is truly mesmerising. Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. cities in Jainism. Renowned for its Max: 21.6°C Min: 18.8°C Rain: 24.0mm Famous For : Cit An inscription of about the year 1180 at skilled and unique architectural Feb Sravanabelagola tells the story of Bahubali. style, the majestic statue of Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. Gomata or Bahubali was a son of Adinatha, Gommateshvara Bahubali here is Max: 18.7°C Min: 12.1°C Rain: 3.0mm Surrounded by two picturesque the first Tirthankara. His brother Bharata, largest monolithic statues in the mountains, Chandragiri and Vindhyagiri, who ruled at Ayodhya, challenged his Mar world and is highly revered by the Shravana Belagola resonates with an brothers to fight for the kingdom. Bahubali Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. Jains. astounding cultural heritage. The larger, defeated Bharata but returned the kingdom Max: 17.0°C Min: 5.6°C Rain: 0.0mm to him. He then stood for a whole year in Vindhyagiri, has the statue at its summit Apr the Yogic pose (Pratima Yoga), which the with a temple around it and several smaller Very cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. statue also holds. But he could not attain temples below. The smaller hill, Chandragiri, Max: 15.0°C Min: 1.0°C Rain: 0.0mm has the older and richer monuments; the peace because he was standing on his oldest date to the 8th century CE. brother’s land. Bharata, understanding this, May gave him back the kingdom, upon which he Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. attained enlightenment. Both local Max: 17.0°C Min: 17.7°C Rain: 48.0mm inscriptions and histories say that Jun Bhadrabahu, a Jaina acharya and Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, descendant of Mahavira, predicted a famine umbrella. The empowering in the north and moved from Ujjain to Max: 13.9°C Min: 13.4°C Rain: 573.0mm Bahubali (Gomatesvara) statue is Sravanabelagola with 12,000 disciples. He Jul considered to be the world's tallest was followed by Chandragupta Maurya, who Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, monolithic statue. This statue of the Jain attended to the acharya in his last days and umbrella. Saint Lord Gomateswara is 57 ft tall and is thereafter attained samadhi himself. Max: 17.4°C Min: 8.3°C Rain: 66.0mm This Pdf and its contents are copyright © 2013,ixigo.com, all rights reserved. ixigo logo, the symbolic of the sculptural expertise of the character and all other marks displayed herein are Aug registered and/or common law trademarks of Gangas of Talakkad. The ixigo.com and/or third parties. Very cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, Mahamastakabhisheka or ritual anointing umbrella. of Gomatesvara is a grand event that takes Shravanabelagola Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/shravanabelagola page 2 Max: 13.4°C Min: 5.5°C Rain: 177.0mm Vindhyagiri Hills, Sravanabelagola, Chandragiri, Shravana Belagola, Near Akkanna Sep Karnataka, India Karnataka, India Basadi,Sravanabelagola Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, This temple is a form of Odegala Basadi There are 576 inscriptions in the rocks — umbrella. 4 Lord Gomateshwara Statue Max: 9.9°C Min: 12.7°C Rain: 129.0mm (small Jain temples in Karnataka are called the most on a single site in India. They date basadis) and has images of the Tirthankaras from the 6th to the 19th century and speak Oct Adinatha, Neminatha and Santinatha. It’s of a dozen different dynasties including the 5 Vindhyagiri Hill Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, another 100-odd steps to the top of the hill, Gangas, Rashtrakutas, Chalukyas, Hoysalas, umbrella. Max: 17.1°C Min: 15.0°C Rain: 291.0mm and there are smaller shrines and many Vijayanagara and Wodeyars. Notable are the structures along the path. Notable is the signature of Chavundaraya and the title Nov figure of Gullakayajji, an old woman said to ‘Kaviratna’ denoting the Kannada poet Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. be Goddess Padmavati’s incarnation, who Ranna. Inside the wall below (perhaps the Max: 20.9°C Min: 19.2°C Rain: 48.0mm inspired the sculpting of Gomatesvara. She vapra of the old name) is a wealth of cleaned the statue with a local vegetable, architecture. Most of the basadis are in the Dec gulla-kayi (brinjal), when Chavundaraya (see southern vimana style but betray half a- Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. Max: 19.1°C Min: 16.9°C Rain: 0.0mm below) could not. dozen different influences. The main doorway to the basadi at the top is The Kattale-basadi is the most elaborate. It What To called Akhanda-bagilu because it was carved has a passage around the sanctum, but the out of a single stone. Flanking the door are tower overhead is now missing. The 1.8m figures of Bahubali and his brother Bharata. figure of Adinatha is a fine piece of Hoysala SEE Up more steps and round more turns, you art. The annexe, the Chandragupta-basadi, 5 Sights come at last to the quadrangle where is probably the oldest basadi here. It’s http://www.ixigo.com/places-to-visit-see-in-shravanabelagola-lp- Gomatesvara stands. He is sculpted with all remarkable for its two delicate, filigreed 1137982 the mahapurusha lakshana (signs of a great screens of soapstone. These bear minutely man) such as long earlobes, broad carved scenes from the story of 1 Vindhyagiri Temple shoulders and long arms. The expression of Bhadrabahu’s dream and Chandragupta’s peace on his face is worth travelling a long abdication, and their end in way to see. Sravanabelagola. The free-standing Kuge Brahmadeva Pillar perhaps dates to 974 CE. It has a seated figure of Brahmadeva on top 2 Chandragiri Hill and elephants supporting the pedestal. 3 Kalamma Temple Shravanabelagola Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/shravanabelagola page 3 Quick LOCATE http://www.ixigo.com/hotels-in-shravanabelagola-lp-1137982 See A: Vindhyagiri Temple B: Chandragiri Hill C: Kalamma Temple D: Lord Gomateshwara Statue E: Vindhyagiri Hill.