Shravanabelagola

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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: * Private Hotels and PWD Guest Houses If you need any assistance with booking in any hotels in Karnataka or India in general click here Also see * Jain Heritage Centres * Mahamastakabisheka 2006 - Official Website * Mahamasthakabhisheka * Official Website from Sri Jain Mutt