Shravanabelagola | |
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Town | |
 The Gommateshwara statue dated 978-993 on Vindhyagiri Hill | |
  Shravanabelagola Shravanabelagola  Shravanabelagola Shravanabelagola (Karnataka) | |
| Coordinates: 12°51′32″N 76°29′20″E / 12.859°N 76.489°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Hassan |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.60 km2 (2.93 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 871 m (2,858 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,485[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Shravanabelagola (pronunciation: [ ɕɾɐ.ʋɐˈɳɐ bɛ.ɭɐ.go.ɭɐ ] ) is a town located near Channarayapatna of Hassan district in the Indian state of Karnataka and is 144 km (89 mi) from Bengaluru. The Gommateshwara Bahubali statue at Shravanabelagola is one of the most important tirthas (pilgrimage destinations) 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 on the hill of Chandragiri, which is located in Shravanabelagola, in 298 BCE after he became a Jain monk and assumed an ascetic life style.[2]
Gommateshwara statue, Akkana Basadi, Chandragupta basadi, Chamundaraya Basadi, Parshvanath Basadi and inscriptions of Shravanabelagola group of monuments are listed as Adarsh Smarak Monument by Archaeological Survey of India.[3]
- ^ "Census Data Handbook Hassan 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ Vir Sanghvi, "Rude Travel: Down The Sages", Hindustan Times, archived from the original on 18 May 2015
- ^ "Adarsh Smarak Monument". Archaeological Survey of India. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.