Mulnayak: 7 feet
high Idol of Bhagawan Neminath in semi-Padamasan posture.
How to reach: It is 66 Kms from Tavandi town and 110 Kms from Kolhapur. It is 502 Kms from Banglore on Mumbai-Banglore rail route. Regular bus service is available from Kolhapur to Belgaum.
Art and architecture: Kamalbasdi Yaksh at other places of the distt.
Historicity: Belgaum is a famous center of Jains. There are ancient and
historical temples at Belgaum. The important temples are: -
Kamal-basadi
(temple) this temple of 10CAD is under the protection of Archeological Dept. this temple
is near the 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.
Chikk Basadi: this temple is near
Kamal basadi but not in active puja. There
are 10 CAD idol of Bhagwan Suparsvanath and 11 CAD idol of parsvanath and one Choubisi.
The other Jain temples in the Belgaum are:
Bhagwan chandraprabhu basdi at manikbagh Digamabar Jain Boarding- bronze choubisi, navdevta, yakshi jawalamalini and Padmavati and nandishwar are worth seeing;
Bhagwan Neminath temple at Daud basti- this temple is also known as gurubasdi stated to be 2000 years old. this temple was renovated in 1845 AD. The black idol of Bhagwan neminath is very impressive.. The idols of Yaksh brahmadev and devi padmavati are worth seeing
Bhagwan Chandraprabhu temple at Shori street-- Also known as Tonan basdi, the Idol of Mulnayak Chandraprabhu of black color and choubisi and other tirthanakar images are very impresive.
Jain temple at Husur-
Jain temple of Shahpur- The 3 feet idol of Bhagwan parsvanath, choubisis, 4 feet black stone idol of Bhagwan chandraprabhu, idols of devi Jawalamalaini and padmavati are very impressive.
jain temple at Tilakvadi and jain temple at Gommatnagar.
There are
other jain temples in the vicinity like Parsvanath Temple (10 CAD) at Ammanagi, Hukkeri
taluk- Degaon temple, Belgaun – Parsav temple at Kadaklat, Hukkeri taluk, - Mahavir
temple at Kagvad, athani taluka-Adinath and gaddu basadi at raybag, athani taluka-
parsvanath temple at sankeshwar, Chikodi taluk- Mahavir basadi in Saudatti taluk-
Parsvanath temple at yadvad, Gokak taluka and parsvanath temple at Yamankanmardi, belgaum
taluk.