A report on Pattadakal, Chalukya dynasty and Jainism

Extent of Badami Chalukya Empire, 636 CE, 740 CE.

The hand symbolizes Ahiṃsā, the wheel dharmachakra, the resolve to halt saṃsāra (transmigration).

Old Kannada inscription of Chalukya King Mangalesha dated 578 CE at Badami cave temple no.3

Classification of Saṃsāri Jīvas (transmigrating souls) in Jainism

Ardhanarishvara (left half Shiva, right half Parvati) at the Kadasiddheswara temple.

Old Kannada inscription on victory pillar, Virupaksha Temple, Pattadakal, 733–745 CE

Lord Neminatha, Akota Bronzes (7th century)

The Nataraja sukanasa on Jambulingeshwara temple spire.

Coinage of the Chalukyas of Badami. Uncertain ruler. Circa 597-757 CE. Boar and Temple type.

Jain miniature painting of 24 tirthankaras, Jaipur, c. 1850

Jain temple painting explaining Anekantavada with Blind men and an elephant

Virupaksha temple in Dravidian style at Pattadakal, built 740 CE

A Jain monk in meditation, wearing the characteristic white robe and face covering

Kashi Vishwanatha temple with Nandi facing the sanctum.

Poetry on stone at the Meguti temple (Aihole inscription) dated 634 CE, in Sanskrit language and old Kannada script, with a Kannada language endorsement of about the same date at the bottom.

Nishidhi stone, depicting the vow of sallekhana, 14th century, Karnataka

Vaishnava Cave temple No. 3 at Badami, 578 CE

Praying at the feet of a statue of Bahubali

Bahubali at Jain Cave temple No. 4 at Badami, 6th century

Jain worship may include ritual offerings and recitals.

A Virupaksha frieze showing two Panchatantra fables.

Celebrating Das Lakshana (Paryushana), Jain Center of America, New York City

Bhutanatha group of temples facing the Badami tank

The birth of Mahavira, from the Kalpa Sūtra (c.1375–1400 CE)

The Parvati Temple, located about 140 km southeast to the Badami

A symbol to represent the Jain community was chosen in 1975 as part of the commemoration of the 2,500th anniversary of Mahavira’s nirvana.

Mallikarjuna temple in dravidian style and Kashi Vishwanatha temple in nagara style at Pattadakal, built 740 CE

Rishabhdev, believed to have lived over 592.704×1018 years ago, is considered the traditional founder of Jainism.

The ruins of Gori Jain temples in Nagarparkar, Pakistan, a pilgrimage site before 1947.

Papanatha temple at Pattadakal – fusion of southern and northern Indian styles, 680 CE

Saavira Kambada Basadi, Moodbidri, Karnataka

Pattadakal, also called Paṭṭadakallu or Raktapura, is a complex of 7th and 8th century CE Hindu and Jain temples in northern Karnataka (India).

- Pattadakal

Kannada literature, which had enjoyed royal support in the 9th century Rashtrakuta court found eager patronage from the Western Chalukyas in the Jain and Veerashaiva traditions.

- Chalukya dynasty

As its name implies, it was used during the Chalukya dynasty for coronation ceremonies, such as that of Vinayaditya in the 7th century CE.

- Pattadakal

Among them, the Badami cave inscriptions of Mangalesha (578), Kappe Arabhatta record of c. 700, Peddavaduguru inscription of Pulakeshin II, the Kanchi Kailasanatha Temple inscription and Pattadakal Virupaksha Temple inscription of Vikramaditya II (all in Kannada language) provide more evidence of the Chalukya language.

- Chalukya dynasty

The Jain complex, Khajuraho and Jain Narayana temple are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

- Jainism

Mularaja (10th century CE), the founder of the Chalukya dynasty, constructed a Jain temple, even though he was not a Jain.

- Jainism

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Rashtrakuta dynasty

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Rashtrakuta (IAST: ) (r.

Kashivishvanatha temple at Pattadakal, Karnataka

Jain Narayana temple at Pattadakal, Karnataka

A stanza from the 9th century Kannada classic Kavirajamarga, praising the people for their literary skills

Kailasa temple, is one of the largest rock-cut ancient Hindu temples located in Ellora.

The Elichpur clan was a feudatory of the Badami Chalukyas, and during the rule of Dantidurga, it overthrew Chalukya Kirtivarman II and went on to build an empire with the Gulbarga region in modern Karnataka as its base.

The early kings of this dynasty were influenced by Hinduism and the later kings by Jainism.

Other important contributions are the Kashivishvanatha temple and the Jain Narayana temple at Pattadakal in modern Karnataka, both of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Karnataka

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State in the southwestern region of India.

Mallikarjuna temple and Kashi Vishwanatha temple at Pattadakal, built successively by the kings of the Chalukya Empire and Rashtrakuta Empire, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Vishnu image inside the Badami Cave Temple Complex number 3. The complex is an example of Indian rock-cut architecture.

Gomateswara (982–983) at Shravanabelagola is an important centre of Jain pilgrimage.

Halmidi inscription (450 CE) is the earliest attested inscription in the Kannada language.

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Chennakesava Temple is a model example of the Hoysala architecture, later repaired in the 16th century with financial support and grants by the Vijayanagara Emperors.

Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur has the second largest pre-modern dome in the world after the Byzantine Hagia Sophia.

Mysore Palace in the evening, the official residence and seat of the Wodeyar dynasty, the rulers of Mysore of the Mysore Kingdom, the royal family of Mysore.

These dynasties were followed by imperial Kannada empires such as the Badami Chalukyas, the Rashtrakuta Empire of Manyakheta and the Western Chalukya Empire, which ruled over large parts of the Deccan and had their capitals in what is now Karnataka.

The Jain philosophy and literature have contributed immensely to the religious and cultural landscape of Karnataka.

The ruins of the Vijayanagara Empire at Hampi and the monuments of Pattadakal are on the list of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.

Badami cave temples

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Epigraphy in the Kannada language (c. 578) dating the carving of Cave3

Ceiling in the Cave-3 with images of Swasthika on two ends with a Matsya avatara of Vishnu in the middle

Artwork shows a collapsing sorrowful woman being helped.

A small cave rock carving of Anantashayana Vishnu.

The Badami cave temples are a complex of Hindu and Jain cave temples located in Badami, a town in the Bagalkot district in northern part of Karnataka, India.

Badami is a modern name and was previously known as Vataapinagara, the capital of the early Chalukya dynasty, which ruled much of Karnataka from the 6th to the 8th century.

The cave temples are 14 mi from the UNESCO world heritage site Pattadakal and 22 mi from Aihole – another site with over a hundred ancient and early medieval era Hindu, Jain and Buddhist monuments.