Monday, September 7, 2015

Kambadahalli

Kambadahalli is a small village that is a Jain Heritage center. It is located just 18 Kms from Shravanabelagola another historic Jain center. The place has the name Kambadahalli due to the presence of Brahma Yaksha Pillar here.



As per the inscriptions the history of the place is more than 1500 years old. This place came into prominence as a Jain Center during the period of Gangas and Hoysalas dynasties. Here there are two Jain temples of historic importance. They are:

Though it is one of the oldest Jainism site sadly it is not part of tourist circuit. We visited this place late in the evening on our way back to Bangalore from Udupi. The place near by of interest is Shravanabelagola.


22 comments:

Cloudia said...

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Reader Wil said...

I like the combination of landscape and ancient buildings. Thank you for your informative post.
Wil, ABCW Team

Jackie and Joel Smith said...

Oh the history these monuments have for us. Thanks for sharing another very interesting place with us all - I learn so much from your blog!

Ramakrishnan said...

Interesting information about a virtually unknown but significant historical monument !

Sarah said...

Beautiful sights. Thank you for sharing.

Ela said...

Lovely place to visit and fantastic shots !!
Greetings

carol l mckenna said...

Great shots and so much history in your post ~

Happy Week to you,
artmusedog and carol

Donna said...

Quite an old historic spot.

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Anonymous said...

What a lovely place. At least you got to visit it without too many tourists.

NatureStop said...

Lovely post Rajesh and have a great day!

Shantana

Fun60 said...

After 1500 years it is still in remarkable condition.

Su-sieee! Mac said...

The monuments are preserved well. Is it the weather?
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Light and Voices said...

If those walls could speak! Lovely images.
JM, IL-U.S.A.

Jeevan said...

Beautiful capture on the structure and sculptures!

Sylvia K said...

Beautiful place and terrific captures as always, Rajesh!! And, yes, it would be wonderful if those walls could speak!! Thank you, as always, for sharing!! Have a great weekend!!

Photo Cache said...

Another beautiful reminder of past glory days.

Worth a Thousand Words

Joyful said...

That building in the middle of your mosaic is very impressive. I too would like to hear what the walls would say after 1500+ years. Have a great weekend, Rajesh.

Anonymous said...

What a lovely spot!

Sri Kri said...

Would love to explore this place.Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sriram & Krithiga

Ranjana's craft blog said...

While visiting famous places we tend to miss these kinds of places. Next time I visit Shravanabelagola, definitely visit this place too. Thanks for sharing.

Easwar Arumugam said...

Old monument captured nicely