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31 Belur-This place in Hassan district of Karnataka was associated with Jainism from the early mediaeval period, and a few epigraphs also have been discovered from the ruined temples of this place (see above, pp. 122-23).
32. Bhadresvara :-It is a well-known Śvetāmbara tirtha of Cutch district of Gujarat, and was the birth-place of the great Jain tycoon Jagadu. The temple of Pārsvar atha of this place is well-known. In the Jagaḍucarita (canto VI), there is a reference to the Viranatha shrine of this place, which was beautified by that merchant. The same work also gives in the same canto (VI), the very revealing information that Jagaḍu had constructed a mosque (apparently for the Muslims) at that town. The same work also discloses the fact that the Jain kings Kumarapala and his two predecessors Mülarāja I and Karna had built tanks at this town. A separate Jina temple, containing the icons of all the 24 Tirthankaras, was also built by Jagaḍu. And lastly a paushadhasala was also erected by that merchant in the same place; see Jainism in Gujarat by C.B. Sheth, pp. 155 f. In V.S. 1309, a manuscript of a particular Book of the Uttaradhyayanasutra was copied at this town (see Jainapustakaprasastisangraha, p. 125). See also Tirtha Darsan, Vol. II, pp. 396 ff.
33. Bhārangi :-This place of Shimoga district of Karṇataka, was quite well-known for the temple of Pārsvarātha, which was built before 1415 A.D.; see J.S.L.S, III, Nos. 610, 641 and 645; see also above, pp. 187 f.
34. Bhartṛpura :-This place in Mewar (Rajasthan) was a well known Jain tirtha from the 10th century A.D. A temple of Adiratha was built at this town by Rāņa Bhartṛbhata in the first half of the 10th century; see K. C. Jain, Jainism in Rajasthan, Sholapur, 1963, p. 29. A separate gaccha called the Bhartspuriya gaccha of the Svetambaras, was named after this place; see ibid., p. 66 and the Jainapustakaprasastisangraha, Jinavijaya, p. 129. At present, it is known as Bhatvera. This particular gaccha originated in the 13th century.
