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Kanakagiri, Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka · 11.9499°, 76.7685°
A Digambara Jain pilgrimage centre near Maleyuru whose rock-cut and structural shrines begin with a Parshvanatha temple raised under the Western Gangas. Inscriptions across Ganga, Hoysala, Vijayanagara and Wadiyar patronage mark it as a long-lived monastic and institutional seat of Karnataka Jainism.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Local tradition holds that Mahavira himself came here and held a samavasarana assembly, and that a Mysore queen was freed of kalasarpadosha through worship at the site.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Western Ganga
Answers only from cited records
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