Ideal Duration: 2-3 hours
Open Time: Throughout the year
Nearest Airport: $name
Nearest Railway Station: Badami
Jain Narayana Temple is like the Hindu temples, this temple also features a square sanctum, a circumambulatory path, an antechamber, a mandapa, and a porch.
The mandapa is divided into seven bays at the north and south walls, with narrow niches containing seated Jinas. The bays are in the North Indian style, and the tower story has a carved square shikhara. The mandapa has a row of lathe-turned sandstone pillars. The kakshasana is decorated with the figures of dancers, purna-that, nights, villas but some of the artwork is only partially finished.
The entrance features carvings of a life-sized elephant torso with riders. According to Adam Hardy, the niches of this Jain temple mandapa may have previously featured images.
The Archaeological Survey of India has conducted excavations at the site yielding evidence of an older temple and Jain presence. According to the ASI, the excavations uncovered "the remains of a large temple".
The complex built in bricks and also a beautiful sculpture of Tirthankara standing in Sama-change indicating the existence of a temple, probably belonging to before or beginning of the early Chalukyan rule.
Throughout the year 06:00 AM - 06:00 PM, Last Entry: 05:30 PM
For All: INR 35 (All Person)
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