800 YEARS BAHUBALI - Lost and Found - GOMMATAGIRI MYSORE- HUNSUR - Places to visit near Mysore

SRI GOMMATESHWAR STATUE HUNSURU, MYSURU THE STATUE OF GOMMATESHWARA WHICH IS INSTALLED ON A PICTURESQUE GRANITE OUTCROP HILLOCK GAVE THE NAME OF THE PLACE, SHRAVANA GUDDA OR GOMMATAGIRI AND IT IS A CELEBRATED JAINA CENTRE EVEN TODAY. GOMMATESHWARA STATUE IS AN IMPRESSIVE EARLY VIJAYANAGARA CREATION IN THE GRANITE THAT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO CE 14™ CENTURY. THE GOMMATA IMAGE IS ABOUT 16 FEET IN HEIGHT. THE SCULPTURE HAS TRANQUIL FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND CURLY HAIRS. IT RESEMBLES THE FAMOUS GOMMATA IMAGE AT SHRAVANABELAGOLA. ON EITHER SIDE OF THE IMAGE, SERPENTS RAISING THEIR HEAD FROM THE ANTHILLS HAVE BEEN ENGRAVED LOOKING LIKE TRYING TO TOUCH THE FINGERS OF THE IMAGE. THE IMAGE EXHIBITS EXTRAORDINARY WORKMANSHIP. THE SMALL HILLOCK PROVIDES ONLY A GARBHAGRIHA (OPEN) WITH AN INBUILT PRADAKSHINAPATHA. THERE ARE 24 THIRTHANKARA (PADUKAS) MANTAPAS BUILT ON THE SLOPES OF THE HILLOCK. THE ANNUAL ABHISHEKA TAKES PLACE IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
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The Karkala Based, Dharmasthala Babubali was sculpted under the team of chief Sculptor Shri Ranjala Gopala Shenoy, a relative of my maternal grandmother. 😊😊

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