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Lord Indra Riding His Eight Trunked Elephant, Airavat
Mysore Traditional Painting
Jaina Mural
A Lesson in Ecology

Painting from Jain monastery, Shravanabelagola illustrates pruning of a tree


The eternal smile of Gomateshwara
Gomateswara
Horse and Warriors
A Screen Panel of Chandragupta Basadi

Shravanabelagola, Karnataka


Entrance to Chandragiri hill, Shravanabelagola

Jain Monuments
Jain Monuments
A Jain monk, Parshwa in a Shravanabelagola painting


Saviyabbe of Shravanabelagola
Illustrated History of India
Jain Monuments
Deepa Sthambha (light-post) at Sanna Betta, Shravanabelagola


Dancing troop performing in front of a Jain sage, Shravanabelagola
Dances of India
Paintings of India
Bharatesha Vaibhava (the grandeur of king Bharatesha)

Detail from a Jain painting, Shravanabelagola


A Teaching Session

Detail from a Shravanabelagola painting

Education Among Jains
Jain Painting
Education of Yoginis

Shravanabelagola painting


Lord Indra riding the Iravat, the eight trunked elephant

Mural from a Jain Muth, Sravanabelagola, 18th Century

Mural from Karnataka
Jain Paintings
Jain Painting from Shravanabelagola

Picrure of a king and his queen


Education of Jain Nuns

Jain Painting from Shravanabelagola

Women
Treasures of Sravanabelagola
People in Obedience to King

Jain Painting from Shravanabelagola


Holi Festival

Jain Painting from Shravanabelagola

Jaina Murals
Sequence from Jain Purana

Jain Painting from Shravanabelagola


Coconut Vendor - Illustration from Sravanabelagola

Painting from a Jain monastery depicts the period car festival

Coconut Vendor

Gomateshwara of Sravanabelagola


Chavundarayana Basadi

Sannabetta in Sravanabelagola

Basadi of Chavundraya

View from Sannabetta, Sravanabelagola


Evolution of Gomata - Illustration by Ratnaverma Heggade

Shravanabelagola Collection, 1981

Gomateswara

Gandabherunda -- The Two Headed Eagle

Brass Relief Work on a Door Frame from a Jain Monastery, Shravanabelagola


Painting from a Jain Muth, Shravanabelagola

Art of Shravanabelagola
Jain Murals
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


Jain Mythological Painting, Shravanabelagola

Jain Mythological Painting, Shravanabelagola


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.

Medieval Grocer

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 Justice System
Social History in Period Murals
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
Jaina Fine Arts
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
Jain Saints and Sages
Sculpted Marble Idol of a Jain Sage

Jain artifact from Shravanabelagola


Servants Attending to the Lady

Wall Painting in a Jain Muth, Shravanabelagola.

Wall Mural of Karnataka
Paintings as a Source of History
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
10th Century Inscription
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
Jain Art

Shravanabelagola Temple Mural


Shravanabelagola Temple Mural

Shravanabelagola Temple Mural


Shravanabelagola Temple Mural

Shravanabelagola Temple Mural


Shravanabelagola Temple Mural

Shravanabelagola Temple Mural


Shravanabelagola Temple Mural

Shravanabelagola Temple Mural


Shravanabelagola Temple Mural

Shravanabelagola Temple Mural


At the Marketplace

Detail from a wall painting in Shravanabelagola. Notice the merchants and their measuring tools.

At the Marketplace

At the Marketplace

Detail from a Shravanabelagola temple mural


Shravanabelagola Mural

Detail from a Shravanabelagola temple mural


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


Machikabbe Undergoes Sallekhana

A Lion Eating a Meditating Ascetic

Detail from a Jain painting, Sravanabelagola


Purifying Lake, Sravanabelagola
Jain Inscription from Shravanabelagola
An Inscription from Shravanabelagola


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

Doorman of Hoysala Period  Sculpture
Gatekeeper in Indian Art
Hoysala Style Gatekeeper

Beautiful 12th century sculpture from Sravanabelagola


Man Riding a Lion

Jain mythological sculpture, Sravanabelagola

Jain Heritage Center of Sravanabelagola
Pillar Art
Monkey Eating Jackfruit

Carvings on a Pillar, Sravanabelagola


Shaivaite Hero-stone, Shravanabelagola
Gomateswara of Sravanabelagola
Statue of Gomateswara


The Towering Statue of Gomateswara
Statue of Gomateswara
Kannada Letterings
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

Submitting Devotee
The Transportation of Palanquin
A Nobleman Riding a Palanquin

Detail from a Jain Painting in Sravanabelagola


Jaina Nishidhi Stone

Apprx. 11th century, Sravanabelagola

Jain Memorial of 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

Art from a Jain Monastery
Crime and Punishment
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


Sravanabelagola

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Sravanabelagola

Head of a Nudist Sect

Picture of Chief Jain Pontiff Yelacharya, Sravanabelagola


 

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