 Lord Indra Riding His Eight Trunked Elephant, Airavat |  |
 |  A Lesson in Ecology
Painting from Jain monastery, Shravanabelagola illustrates pruning of a tree |
 The eternal smile of Gomateshwara |  |
 |  A Screen Panel of Chandragupta Basadi
Shravanabelagola, Karnataka |
 Entrance to Chandragiri hill, Shravanabelagola
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 |  A Jain monk, Parshwa in a Shravanabelagola painting
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 Saviyabbe of Shravanabelagola |  |
 |  Deepa Sthambha (light-post) at Sanna Betta, Shravanabelagola
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 Dancing troop performing in front of a Jain sage, Shravanabelagola |  |
 |  Bharatesha Vaibhava (the grandeur of king Bharatesha)
Detail from a Jain painting, Shravanabelagola |
 A Teaching Session
Detail from a Shravanabelagola painting |  |
 |  Education of Yoginis
Shravanabelagola painting |
 Lord Indra riding the Iravat, the eight trunked elephant
Mural from a Jain Muth, Sravanabelagola, 18th Century |  |
 |  Jain Painting from Shravanabelagola
Picrure of a king and his queen |
 Education of Jain Nuns
Jain Painting from Shravanabelagola |  |
 |  People in Obedience to King
Jain Painting from Shravanabelagola |
 Holi Festival
Jain Painting from Shravanabelagola |  |
 |  Sequence from Jain Purana
Jain Painting from Shravanabelagola |
 Coconut Vendor - Illustration from Sravanabelagola
Painting from a Jain monastery depicts the period car festival |  |
 |  Gomateshwara of Sravanabelagola
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 Chavundarayana Basadi
Sannabetta in Sravanabelagola |  |
 |  View from Sannabetta, Sravanabelagola
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 Evolution of Gomata - Illustration by Ratnaverma Heggade
Shravanabelagola Collection, 1981 |  |
 |  Gandabherunda -- The Two Headed Eagle
Brass Relief Work on a Door Frame from a Jain Monastery, Shravanabelagola |
 Painting from a Jain Muth, Shravanabelagola
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 |  The Sick King
Painting from a Jain Muth, Shravanabelagola |
 The Elephant in Must; On the Right is Shown the Tamed Elephant |  |
 |  Jain Mythological Painting, Shravanabelagola
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 Jain Mythological Painting, Shravanabelagola |  |
 |  Jain Mythological Painting, Shravanabelagola
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 Erotics in a Circle |  |
 |  Wall Painting from a Jain Monastery, Shravanabelagola
Homework: What do you think the women are asking the man? |
 Medieval Shop in Karnataka
Wall Painting in a Jain Monastery, Sravanabelagola. Notice the balance used by the merchant. |  |
 |  Example of Jain Fine Art
Wall Painting in a Jain Muth, Sravanabelagola. |
 Medieval Crime and Punishment
Wall painting in a Jain Muth in Sravanabelagola shows a man being shamed in public. |  |
 |  Medieval Crime and Punishment
Wall painting in a Jain Muth in Shravanabelagola shows a man being shamed in public. Notice the urinating boys. |
 A Golden Statuette of a Tirthankara |  |
 |  Example of Jain Fine Art
Detail from a Wall Painting in a Jain Muth, Sravanabelagola. |
 Lady Puts on Makeup |  |
 |  A Statue of Meditating Mahavira
Jain artifact from Shravanabelagola |
 A Golden Statuette of a Tirthankara |  |
 |  Sculpted Marble Idol of a Jain Sage
Jain artifact from Shravanabelagola |
 Servants Attending to the Lady
Wall Painting in a Jain Muth, Shravanabelagola. |  |
 |  Wall Painting in a Jain Monestary, Shravanabelagola
Paintings depicting contemporary social life are an invaluable resource to students of history |
 Wall Painting from Sravanabelagola Depicting Social Life |  |
 |  Carving at the footstep of Gomateshwara
Jain pilgrimage center of Shravanabelagola. The letters are in Devanagari script, but the language has been a dispute of scholars. Is it Marathi or Konkani ? |
 Wall Paintings of Jain Muth |  |
 |  Shravanabelagola Temple Mural
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 Shravanabelagola Temple Mural |  |
 |  Shravanabelagola Temple Mural
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 Shravanabelagola Temple Mural |  |
 |  Shravanabelagola Temple Mural
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 Shravanabelagola Temple Mural |  |
 |  Shravanabelagola Temple Mural
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 Shravanabelagola Temple Mural |  |
 |  Shravanabelagola Temple Mural
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 Shravanabelagola Temple Mural |  |
 |  Shravanabelagola Temple Mural
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 At the Marketplace
Detail from a wall painting in Shravanabelagola. Notice the merchants and their measuring tools. |  |
 |  At the Marketplace
Detail from a Shravanabelagola temple mural |
 Shravanabelagola Mural |  |
 |  Detail from a Shravanabelagola temple mural
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 Detail from a Shravanabelagola temple mural |  |
 |  Wall Painting from Shravanabelagola
Detail from a painting in Jain monastery (mutha). Pay attention to the details in every corner. |
 An Associate of Kamat Inside a Sravanabelgola Monastery |  |
 |  Detail from a Shravanabelagola temple mural
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 Machikabbe Undergoes Sallekhana |  |
 |  A Lion Eating a Meditating Ascetic
Detail from a Jain painting, Sravanabelagola |
 Purifying Lake, Sravanabelagola |  |
 |  An Inscription from Shravanabelagola
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 Portrait of an Infant, Sravanabelagola |  |
 |  Celestial Dancer
Sculpture from near Shravanabelagola |
 Decorative Sculpture |  |
 |  Warrior Depicted in a Hero-stone
Town of Shravanabelagola, Karnataka |
 Hoysala Style Gatekeeper
Intricately carved stone gate-keeper from a temple in Shravanabelagola |  |
 |  Hoysala Style Gatekeeper
Beautiful 12th century sculpture from Sravanabelagola |
 Man Riding a Lion
Jain mythological sculpture, Sravanabelagola |  |
 |  Monkey Eating Jackfruit
Carvings on a Pillar, Sravanabelagola |
 Shaivaite Hero-stone, Shravanabelagola |  |
 |  Statue of Gomateswara
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 The Towering Statue of Gomateswara |  |
 |  Kannada Letterings, Hoysala Period
Kannada letterings at the foot of the Gomateshwara statue in Sravanabelagola |
 Devotees at the Footsteps of Gomateswara
Pilgrim center of Sravanabelagola in Karnataka |  |
 |  A Nobleman Riding a Palanquin
Detail from a Jain Painting in Sravanabelagola |
 Jaina Nishidhi Stone
Apprx. 11th century, Sravanabelagola |  |
 |  A Worried Leader Consults with his Followers
Frescos from a Jaina Mutha, Shravanabelagola |
 Rural People Fleeing at the approrach of an Invading Army
Frescos from a Jaina Mutha, Shravanabelagola |  |
 |  Punishment of a Thief
Frescos from a Jaina Mutha, Shravanabelagola |
 Drummer in Stone |  |
 |  Head, Ear and Neck Ornaments
Detail from a bracket figue, Sravanagelagola |
 Intricately Decorated Bracket Figure |  |
 |  Fruit and Leaf Designs as Fashion
Note the ornamented shorts of this Sravanabelagola sculpture |
 Machikabbe Commiting Suicide |  |
 |  Stone Entrance, Sravanabelogola
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 Sravanabelagola |  |
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 Sravanabelagola |  |
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 Sravanabelagola |  |
 |  Head of a Nudist Sect
Picture of Chief Jain Pontiff Yelacharya, Sravanabelagola |