Shravanabelagola is a town located near Channarayapatna of Hassan district in the Indian state of Karnataka and is 144 km from Bangalore. The Gommateshwara Bahubali statue at Shravanabelagola is one of the most important tirthas in Jainism, one that reached a peak in architectural and sculptural activity under the patronage of Western Ganga dynasty of Talakad. Chandragupta Maurya is said to have died here in 298 BCE after he became a Jain monk and assumed an ascetic life style.
Humcha / Hombuja is a small village near Ripponpet, Hosanagara taluk in Shimoga district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Humbaja Atishaya Jain Teerth Kshetra is famous for being home to an ancient temple of Goddess Padmavati, and to the Humbaj Matha (seminary/monastery), an important institution of the Jain community. This temple is considered to be very holy and is known for its cultural and historical heritage. Other notable highlights of the place are a lake that reputedly never dries up and a tree that likewise always remains green.
Padampura is the site of Padampura Digambara Jain Atishay kshetra in Shivdaspura town in Jaipur district of Rajasthan, India. It is located at a distance of 35 km from Jaipur on Jaipur-Kota road.
Lakshmeshwara is a town,and newly created Taluk place with Gajendragarh in Gadag district, in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is about 40 km from Gadag and 55 km from Hubli. Lakshmeshwara is an agricultural trading town.
Narasimharajapura is a panchayat town and taluk headquarters in Chikkamagaluru district in the Indian state of Karnataka.It belongs to malenadu region of chikmagalur district. Nearest Railway stations are Bhadravathi ,Shivamogga and Tarikere. It was called Yedehalli till 1882. Shri benjamin Luis has included under epigraphy of Karnataka in 6th Samputa. In 1915, Yuvaraja Shri Narasimharaja Wodeyar visited Yedehalli and in his memory, this was named after him as Narasimharajapura, now called N.R. Pura. This taluk had 65 gramas, as of date 42 shasanas are available. This taluk was ruled by Ganga, Kadamba, Santhara, Hoysala and Vijayanagara kings.
Talaja is a city and a municipality in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Venur or Venoor is a small village on the banks of the Phalguni river in Belthangady Taluk, Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka, India. It was once the seat of Jainism and the capital of the Ajila Dynasty. It is on the Dharmasthala-Moodabidri-Karkala route on the coastal religious circuit in the Karnataka State of India.
Vimalanatha was the thirteenth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a Siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Vimalanatha was born to King Kratavarma and Queen Shyamadevi at Kampilya of the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the third day of the Magh Sukla month of the Indian calendar.
Karnataka, a state in South India has a long association with Jainism, a religion which enjoyed patronage of major historic kingdoms in the state such as the Western Ganga, Kadamba and Chalukya dynasties and the Hoysala Empire. Today the state is home to a number of Jain monuments, such as temples, Gommata statues and stambhas.
The Shankheshwar Jain Temple is located in the center of Shankheshwar town of Patan district, Gujarat, India. The temple is dedicated to Parshwanath and is an important place of pilgrimage for the followers of Jainism.
Jainism in North Karnataka flourished under the Chalukyas, Kadamba, Rashtrakutas, and Vijayanagara empire. Imbued with religious feeling, patronage was extended towards the building of Jain temple and it garnered high repute among the people, particularly the ruling classes and the mercantile community; effectively getting treated as the state religion.
Shedbal is a town in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Athni taluk of Belagavi district in Karnataka. Shedbal is very close to Sangli Miraj twin cities.
Kamthana is a city in Bidar taluka of Bidar district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Kamthana ancient village, Jain Tirtha(pilgrimage) is about 10 km from Bidar, famous for the historical Parshavanth Tirthankara Jain temple. The annual three-day car festival held usually in February.
Bibrod Tirth in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh is regarded as a major center of Jainism religion. Notable attraction of this Jain worship center is approximately 2.49 ft high idol of Adinath Bhagwan. There is an inscription that his idol belongs to a period earlier than even the thirteenth century.
Jwalamalini or Jvālāmālinī( Sanskrit: ज्वालामालिनी,Kannada: ಜ್ವಾಲಾಮಾಲಿನೀ) is the Yakshini of the Eighth Tirthankara, Shri Bhagwan Chandraprabhu in Jainism and was one of the most widely invoked Yakshinis in Karnataka during the early medieval period.
Dadaga is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Nagamangala taluk of Mandya district in Karnataka. A lake and channel of Hemavathi water acts as water supply for irrigation conducted here. Many temples can also be found in this place. Government runs a primary and middle Kannada medium school in Dadaga which educates Dadaga and neighboring villages. Coconuts, mangoes, ragi, paddy (rice), wheat, corn, onions, tomatoes, are some of the plants that are cultivated here.
Mallinatha Swamy Temple is a Jain temple in Mannargudi, an ancient town in the erstwhile Chola Empire of Tamil Nadu. Māllīnātha is the 19th Tirthankara of the Jain faith.
Arahanthgiri Jain Math is a Jain Matha that established near Tirumalai in August, 1998. The Math is headed by Bhattaraka Dhavalakeerthi.
Sankighatta, The name comes from Settra + Ghatta = Settraghatta and is pronounced as Sankighatta. In Kannada language Settra + Ghatta (Place) literal meaning is ""place of Settru"". Dallina Vardaman Mahaveera Thirtankara is the Lord Mahaveer Swamy Jain Basadi/temple in Karnataka, south India. Sankighatta was a historic Jain center and was under the control of Settru family, the Samantha Rajas & descendants of Hoysala Kings. They also controlled surrounding places like Kalya, Kunigal, Magadi, Savandurga, Hebbur, Mayasandra, Settikere, Veerasagara, Srigiripura, Shivaganga hills, Biskuru, etc..
Kanakagiri Jain tirth kshetra also known as Kanakadri is situated at about 3 km from Maleyuru, Chamarajanagar district, 53 km from the Mysore city and 182 km from Bengaluru.
