The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c48.s1: Adarguñchi Image

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A T the village of Adarguñchi, about four miles south of Hubli, is a solitary seated image of a *jina*, rather larger than life-size, which the villagers call Dodappā. There is a legend connected with it which runs as follows: In olden times, when Baṅkāpur was a garrisoned fort, a certain man, Dodappā, was head doorkeeper there. He had a sweetheart at a distant village whom he was in the habit of visiting every night after closing the gates of the fort, but it was necessary for him to get back again before sunrise to open them again. On one occasion he overstayed his time, and as he was returning the sun rose. It found him at the village of Adarguñchi where he was forthwith turned into stone. And here he still sits ever looking wistfully towards Baṅkāpur.