Mulnayak:
150 Cms high black-colored idol of Shrasrfana Parsvanath.
How
to Reach: Bijapur (ancient Vijaypur) is on national highway 13 connecting Solapur and
Banglore. Bijapur is 101 Kms from Solapur and 579 Kms from Banglore. The Bus service is
available from Banglore and Belgaon. One can reach here from Gulbarga via Jevargi
(39kms)-Sindgi (45 Kms)- Hippargi (23 Kms)- Bijapur 37 Kms.
Art and architecture: temple- Meuseum muddebehali terdal bagalkot gudur
Historicity: At present, there are two Digambar Jain temples
at Bijapur. One ancient temple is dedicated to Bhagwan Parsvanath at darga. This temple
has recently been dug out. Darga village is
about 3 Kms from the town. The way to Darga is from Mahatma Gandhi chowk to Azad road-
Chandrapuri road. From chandrapuri road, one reach to Mugalsi Agsi fort and about one Kms
from here is the Jail and from there, the village of darga is about 1 km. The Idol of
shasrafan (Thousand Hooded) parsvanath is very miraculous. The milk poured on the idol
gets distributed to all the hoods. There is a 90 Cms high Choubisi of marble with Bhagwan
Parsvanath as the Mulnayak. In second cellar, the black colored stone idol of Bhagwan
parsvanath and a 150 Cms high black-colored idol of Bhagwan mahavir in Padamasan posture
is very attractive. These idols dates back to 10 to 15 CAD. The puja is conducted at these
temples during 9 AM to 10 AM since there is no local Jain Family in the village.
The
other temple dedicated to Bhagwan Adinath is in the town of Bijapur. On reaching M.G Road,
one has to go to Mahavir Road near Narial (coconut) bazaar-to Ramgali. The Jain temple is
near the Ram Mandir in the Ramgali. This temple looks like a residential place. The idols of 11 CAD to 20 CAD are installed in
this temple. The idol of Saptfani Parsvanath (45 Cms high) is of 11 CAD. The idol of
Bahubali (18 Cms high) is of 13 CAD
There
is an Svetamabar temple On SS Road in the bazaar. The Bijapur museum also houses numerous
idols of Jain Tirthankars. The Bijapur is the also the birthplace of great poet Pump, the
author of “Mallinath puran” and
Pump-Ramayan. The Bijapur is well known for its 40 meters Gumbaj that is second largest in
the world.
Some
of the other Jain temples in the District of Bijapur are: - Alaguru Adinath temple,
jamkhandi taluk- Arsibidu temple-Bagalkot, Parsvanath temple-Ergal temple, Sindgi
taluk-Gudur-Mahavir temple, Hungund Taluk-Honwad, Suparsvanath temple-Hunshyal Padmavati
Temple, Sindgi taluk- Indi Adinath temple-Kametgi parsvanath temple-Talikoti Adinath
temple, Muddevihal taluk.