Kamat's Potpourri: Shravanabelagola V

Shravanabelagola V - Doddabetta






















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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 ?
	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
	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
	Drummer Carved in Stone
Woman Putting on a Drape Detail from a sculpture in Doddabetta
	Cymball Musician Notice the dangling fruits in the ceiling in his hair
Detail from a Heo-stone
	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
	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 from a Hoysala Period Sculpture
Woman with a Fan Notice her shorts. 12th century sculpture, Karnataka
	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
	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)
	Machikabbe Commiting Suicide Early 12th century sculpture by artist Dasoja, Shravanabelagola

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