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Reel Name: Shravanabelagola V - Doddabetta
Reel Notes: Story of Bhadrabahu, Saviyabbe, view from Doddabetta, Machikabbe, Tyagasthamba of Chavundaraya, Bahubali
Date of Exposure: October 25,1981


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 ?

10th Century Inscription
Shilabalika - Stone Maiden
A Beauty of the Hoysala Period

Sculpture from Jinanathapura. Notice the elaborate carved decorations. This is characteristic of Hoysala sculptures.


Jaina Tyagasthabha

Mithuna -- The Couple in Love

Hoysala sculpture from Jinanathapura


Woman Putting on a Saree

Machikabbe Undergoes Sallekhana

Sculpture by artist Dasoja, Shravanabelagola


Men Wrestling

A Jina in Meditation


The Emperor and his Minister

Drummer in Stone

Hoysala period sculpture, Jaina pilgrim center of Sravanabelagola


Hoysala Ornametation

Detail from a Jain sculpture

Hoysala Period Sculpture

Ornately Decorated Sculpture

Notice the designs on her saree and her hairdo


Man with Musical Instrument

Hoysala Beauty


Hoysala Period Woman

Head, Ear and Neck Ornaments

Detail from a bracket figue, Sravanagelagola


Training the Parrot
Hoysala Period Sculpture
Drummer Carved in Stone


Woman Putting on a Drape

Detail from a sculpture in Doddabetta

Woman Wearing an Indian Saree
Hoysala Period Sculpture
Cymball Musician

Notice the dangling fruits in the ceiling in his hair


Detail from a Heo-stone
Example of Woman Horse Rider
Horse-mounted Saviyabbe Avanging her Husband's Death

A 10th century memorial depicts a woman killing a elephant mounted enemy


Hoysala Periof Sculpture

Hoysala Periof Sculpture


Hoysala Period Sculpture
Man with a Flute
Intricately Carved Jain Sculpture

Notice the decorations carved in sculpture, Hoysala period


Intricately Decorated Bracket Figure

Fruit and Leaf Designs as Fashion

Note the ornamented shorts of this Sravanabelagola sculpture


A Drummer of Hoysala Period
Dancer Striking a Pose
Dancer from a Hoysala Period Sculpture


Woman with a Fan

Notice her shorts. 12th century sculpture, Karnataka

Temple Woman of Hoysala Period

Lady Drummer

Hoysala style Jain sculpture


Sculpture of a Dancing Shilabalika

Sculpture of a Shilabalika


Sculpture of a Shilabalika

Medieval Fashions


Medieval Fashions

View from Inside of a House


Damsel Admires Self
Medieval Mirror

Pillar in front of a deserted Jain Basadi


Nishidhi Stone of Machikabbe

A memorial shows Machikabbe, the royal mother-in-law observing Sallekhana (fasting unto death)

Nishidhi Stone of Machikabbe

Machikabbe Commiting Suicide

Early 12th century sculpture by artist Dasoja, Shravanabelagola

 

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