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Sravanbelgola |
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The sacred Jain site of Sravanbelgola, 49km Southwest of Hassan and 93km
north of Mysore, consists of two hills and a large Tank. On one of the
hills, Indragiri (also known as Vindhyagiri), stands an extraordinary
eighteen meter high monolithic statue of a naked male figure,
Gomateshvara, which is the largest freestanding sculpture in India. The
name of the other hill is Chandragiri, marking the arrival of Jainism in
southern India. |
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