Kamal Basadi or Kamal Basti (Belagavi)

 ruins, Jain temple / derasar, Heritage at Risk

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Kamal Basadi (Jain Temple): This temple is of 10th Centuary AD and is under the protection of Archeological Dept. This temple is near the Belgaum Main Bus Stand. The two temples in the fort are known as Kamal Basadi (Mandir) and chikki basadi. Kamal basadi is so called because of the Gumbaj of the temple in the form of the lotus of 72 petals. In this temple, the past present and future Tirthankars 24 for each period are shown on the 72 petals of the lotus flower. The stone carved Sinhasan of Bhagwan Neminath is very artistic. The pillars of the temple are decorated with carvings and brightly polished. The idol of Bhagwan Neminath was found in the Jungle about 200 years ago. The Idol and other statue are of 11CAD. There are idols of Bhagwan Sumatinath in standing posture; idol of Bhagwan Adinath in padamasan; idol of Bhagwan parsvanath under the shade of 7 hooded Nagraj and the idols of Navgraha is also worth seeing. This temple is under active puja.

Courtesy
www.jaintirths.com/art1/belgaum.htm
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Details of that last photo of 1855: Photograph of the second Jaina temple in front of the fort at Belgaum in Karnataka, taken by Thomas Biggs in 1855, from 'Architecture in Dharwar and Mysore'. In northern Karnataka: now the districts of Belgaum, Bijapur, Bidar, Raichur, Dharwar and Gulbarga, temple construction proliferated during the period of the Chalukyas of Kalyana who were the chief power in the Deccan from the 10th to the 12th century. Innovative builders, their influence continued to inspire dynasties such the Hoysalas who took over their territory and were also avid builders. Jainism always remained a significant force in this region and the various dynasties of the Deccan such as the Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Hoysalas, Gangas, Kadambas and Rattas also patronised the Jaina religion. With the result that there are many Jaina temples at numerous medieval sites of Karnataka. In the Bombay List of 1874, Henry Cousens wrote, 'Within the fort of Belgaum there are three old Jaina temples, built, as indicated by the style, about the year 1200 A.D.' The temple in this view consists of a shrine, a closed hall and an open hall. The shrine of the temple has walls with plain, horizontal mouldings and a stepped, pyramidal roof. The open hall or mandapa has a low parapet-wall and a pyramidal roof supported by lathe-turned pillars.

Courtesy: British Library [ www.collectbritain.co.uk/ ]

Collected by: Brahmanand Chipre, Tanaji Galli, Belagum.
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Here is the Ruined Jain Basadi which stood once as a place of worship and is just besides Kamala Basadi within the same garden premises which is still unused and is completly ruined and has to been recontruced and used.

To know more about the details please visit: kamalbasti.blogspot.com/