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Jain Center of Shravanabelagola
Page Last Updated: January 11, 2013

Shravanabelagola (a.k.a. Sravanabelagola) is a Jaina place of pilgrimage in Karnataka wedged between the two hills of Indragiri and Chandragiri; a great place of learning and Jaina scholarship, most famous for the colossal statue of Gomateswara.

The following is a selection of different historical artifacts and pictures from Shravanabelgola.


Sculpture of Sravanabelagola		 Sculpture of Sravanabelagola
Pilgrimage to Sravanabelagola
Pilgrimage in a "Doli"

A Lion Eating a Meditating Ascetic
Wall Painting from Sravanabelagola Depicting Social Life
Wall Painting from Sravanabelagola Depicting Social Life

Carved Stone Mountain
 Treasures of Sravanabelagola
Medieval Justice System
Medieval Crime and Punishment

Stamp on Sravanabelagola
 Stamp on Sravanabelagola
Intricately Decorated Bracket Figure
Intricately Decorated Bracket Figure

Sravanabelagola		 Sravanabelagola
Purifying Lake, Sravanabelagola
Purifying Lake, Sravanabelagola

Sravana Kumar		 Sravana Kumar
Sravanabelagola
Sravanabelagola

Kannada Letterings, Hoysala Period
 Kannada Letterings
Basadi of Chavundraya
Chavundarayana Basadi

Monkey with Fruit		 Monkey with Fruit

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Illustration of Yakshi Celestial

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