Dakshina Kannada district
JainismFamily friendly
Bahubali Statue, Dharmasthala
A thirty-nine foot Bahubali monolith on Ratnagiri hill beside one of Karnataka's most visited pilgrimage complexes. It is modern, carved between 1967 and 1973.…
Sacred Sites in Karnataka
10 researched sites, each with sourced history, pilgrimage information and the prayers associated with it.
- Chamundi Hills, roughly 13 km from MysuruShaktismFamily friendly
Chamundeshwari Temple, Mysuru
Chamundeshwari Temple, atop Chamundi Hills roughly 13 km from Mysuru, Karnataka, is one of the Ashtadasha (18) Maha Shakti Peethas, traditionally marking the sp…
Best: October, November, December…Explore → - Dakshina Kannada districtJainismFamily friendly
Gomateshwara Statue, Venur
A thirty-five foot monolith of Bahubali on the bank of the Phalguni river at Venur, the smallest of Karnataka's four Bahubali colossi and a regular Mahamastakab…
- Udupi districtJainismFamily friendly
Gommateshwara Statue, Karkala
A forty-two foot granite monolith of Bahubali on Gommata Betta hill at Karkala, the second tallest of Karnataka's four Bahubali colossi. Sect: Digambara.
- Shivamogga districtJainismFamily friendly
Humcha (Hombuja)
The seat of the Padmavati devotional tradition in southern Digambara Jainism, and the former capital of the Santara dynasty. One of only fourteen surviving Bhat…
- Dakshina Kannada districtJainismFamily friendly
Moodabidri (Saavira Kambada Basadi)
Called the Jain Kashi of the South. A former Jain capital and centre of learning with eighteen basadis, dominated by the Saavira Kambada Basadi, the Thousand Pi…
- Mandya districtJainismFamily friendly
Panchakuta Basadi, Kambadahalli
A landmark of Western Ganga dynasty Jain architecture, about eighteen kilometres from Shravanabelagola: a trikutachala, a three-shrine complex, applying Dravidi…
- Hassan districtJainismFamily friendly
Shravanabelagola
The single most important Digambara Jain pilgrimage site in India. On Vindhyagiri hill stands a seventeen-metre monolithic statue of Bahubali, carved from one b…
- Gangapur, on the Bhima river, Afzalpur taluka, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) districtDatta SampradayaFamily friendly
Shri Kshetra Gangapur Dattatreya Temple
Shri Kshetra Gangapur Dattatreya Temple, on the banks of the Bhima river in Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Karnataka, is one of the most significant Dattatreya…
Best: October, November, December…Explore → - UdupiVaishnavism (Dvaita Vedanta)Family friendly
Udupi Sri Krishna Matha
Udupi Sri Krishna Matha, in coastal Karnataka, is one of South India's most important Krishna pilgrimage sites and the seat of the Dvaita ("dualist") school of…
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