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Their Temples and Sacred Places : 105
We must also mention in this region Jain chapels or temples in: Amaravati, Gudivada, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Penukonda, Tirupati, Warangal, etc.
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KARNATAKA
This State is the fifth in importance of Jain population (more than 400,000), after Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. One may mention, at:
Aihole, South-East of Bijapur, Jain temples in "nagara" and "dravida" styles, side by side, particularly one called 'Meguti' in "dravida" style, dating from the VIIth century, with an inscription in Kannada language, situated atop the highest hill of the village. Two original statues are only remaining today: a tall one of a seated Mahāvīra and a partly mutilated one of Ambikā. There is also, a cave from the VIIth century and a museum where one can see a statue, also mutilated, of Adinatha,
Badami, a cave-temple with very ancient sculptures of Bahubali and his sisters, on one side, and of Parsva with his hood of snakes, on the other. Close by him are his guardians (yakṣa and yakṣi) Padmavati and Dharanendra,
Bangalore, capital of the State, thirty-seven beautiful temples and two "dharmaśālās". (Here, Jains are ruling the electronic industry),
Belgaum, nine Jain temples dating from the XIIIth and XIVth centuries and a "dharmaśālā,
Belur, ancient Hoysala capital, some beautiful Jain temples,
Candragiri, see Shravana Belgola,
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