Jwalamalini temple

The temple is considered one of the main Jain centres in Karnataka.{{sfn|Prasad|2007|p=34}} The main temple is dedicated to the goddess Jwalamalini.{{sfn|Singh|2008|p=54}} Jwalamalini presides as the guardian deity of the temple. Jwalamalini is seated in Sukhasana posture with her eight hands carrying dāna, double arrow, chakra, trishula, pasha, flag, bowlet and kalasa. The goddess is seated on a buffalo pedestal. The pedestal has a three-line Kannada inscription.{{sfn|Krishna|1931|p=12}}

The temple belongs to the Vijayanagara period and forms part of the Yapaniya sect of Mula Sangha.{{sfn|Rajan|2017|pp=2-3}} The temple complex includes a Humcha Matha and is a site for one of the 11 surviving Bhattarak in Karnataka.{{sfn|Wiley|2009|p=114}}{{sfn|Karnataka Gazetteer Department}} The temple houses a depiction of Samavasarana in the main devi Pārśvanātha Basadi.{{sfn|Hegewald|2010|p=9}}

The temple is famous for its chaturvidha (four-fold) dāna' tradition.{{sfn|Shenoy|2019}}

Chandraprabha Basadi is built using wood and stone. The mulnayak of the temple is a {{convert|2.5|ft}} white marble idol of Chandraprabha seated in lotus position with shrivatsa carved on the chest and symbol of moon carved on the pedestal.{{sfn|Krishna|1931|p=12}}

Shantinath Basadi is built using laterite bricks and a tiled roof. The mulnayak of the temple is a {{convert|3|ft}} dark stone idol of Shantinatha bearing an inscription dating back to the 14th century.{{sfn|Krishna|1931|p=12}}

• Humcha Jain temples
• Padmavati

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• {{cite journal | last=Hegewald | first=Julia A. B. | url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/ijjs/file58529.pdf | title=Visual and conceptual links between Jaina cosmological, Mythological and ritual instruments | volume=6 | publisher=SOAS University of London | date=2010 | access-date=6 July 2021 | archive-date=20 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920193406/https://www.soas.ac.uk/ijjs/file58529.pdf | url-status=dead }}
• {{cite journal | last=Rajan | first=K. | url=http://www.heritageuniversityofkerala.com/JournalPDF/Volume5/35.pdf | title=Jwalamalini Cult and Jainism in Kerala | publisher=Government Victoria College, Palakkad | date=26 September 2017 | volume=5 }}
• {{cite news | last=Shenoy | first=Jaideep | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/ganadhara-valaya-aradhane-rituals-performed-at-dharmasthala/articleshow/67870538.cms | title=Ganadhara Valaya Aradhane rituals performed at Dharmasthala | work=The Times of India | date=6 February 2019 }}
• {{cite web | author=Chikkamagaluru district court | url=https://districts.ecourts.gov.in/chikkamagaluru/about-chikkamagaluru-court | work=District court | title=About Chikkamagaluru Court }}
• {{cite web | author=Karnataka Gazetteer Department | url=http://www.gazetteer.kar.nic.in/gazetteer/hand%20book/Chapter-14_561-570.pdf | title=Karnataka, The Tourist Paradise | publisher=The Gazette of India | location=Karnataka }}

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