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• Near Gomateshwara Bahubali statue:



• Near Gomateshwara Bahubali statue:



• Suttalaya and the images: The enclosures on the three sides of the Bahubali colossus, built in two successive stages, house many Tirthankara images. Gangaraja a general of Hoysala king Vishnuvardhana erected the enclosure. Basavi Setty during Hoysala period (12th century) erected 24 of these Tirthankaras, while the others were installed by Kethi Setti, Balleya Dandanayaka, Anki Setti, Bidiyama Setti, Mahadeva Setti, Nemi Setti, etc. These Suttalaya images(three and half feet to five and one fourth feet high) are of great interest to the pious Jains as well as the students of Jain art and iconography. From the records and the cognizance’s engraved on the pedestal, from the attributes held by the attendant deities, and from certain other conspicuous characteristics, the Tirthankara images are identified.

Sri Chandranatha Tirthankara:


• Sri Shantinatha Tirthankara:



• Sri Ajitanatha Tirthankara, Sri Vasupujya Tirthankara, Sri Shreyamsunatha Tirthankara, Sri Anantanatha Tirthankara:



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