The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c40: Arasībīdi
The Chālukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c40
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- c40.s1 Ancient Site and Temples — 2 parts
Arasībīdi
Ancient Site and Temples
c40.s1.1
A BOUT nine miles south by east from Aihole, and situated amongst the hills, is the old site of Arasībīdi. It is said to have been originally called Vikramāpura and to have been one of the capitals of the Western Chālukya king Vikramāditya VI. There is little now to show that it ever was a place of importance—two Jaina temples, the ruins of a fort wall and several old Kanarese inscription tablets being the principal remains.
c40.s1.2
The two Jaina temples are close beside one another, the lower one being known as Kumbharanaguḍi, and the other a little way up the slope behind it, Suliguḍi. They are of little account architecturally, and are of the style of those at Lakkuṇḍi, but are very devoid of that profusion of ornament found upon the latter, and are much dilapidated. In the shrine of the Suliguḍi temple is an image of a Jina, lying prostrate and covered with bat's dung.