Nittur

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Nittur
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Nittur
Location in Karnataka, India
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Nittur
Nittur (India)
Coordinates: 13°18′0″N76°52′0″E / 13.30000°N 76.86667°E / 13.30000; 76.86667
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Talukas Gubbi
Languages
  Official Kannada
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Nearest cityGubbi
Lok Sabha constituencyTumkur
Vidhan Sabha constituencyGubbi

Nittur is a village in the Tumkur district of Karnataka, India. [1]

Nittur is famous for Jwalamalini Temple, an ancient Jain centre. The Jwalamalini Temple (also known as the Shantinatha Digambar Jain temple) is said to have been built in the year 1175 A.D. It was famous as “the Ayyahole of the South”. Originally, the idol of Bhagawan Adinatha was the main deity in this temple, but with the passage of time, it was ruined; the present idol of Bhagawan Shanthinatha was installed on 26 January 1969. [2]

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References

  1. Village Directory Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine , 2001 Census of India
  2. "Nittur". 14 December 2011.