Comments on: Cave Temples of Badami – Cave 4 of 4 http://arunshanbhag.com/2007/10/06/badami-4/ Life is Beautiful! Love it the fullest! Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:29:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Visiting the Daulatabad Fort at Deogiri « Arun Shanbhag http://arunshanbhag.com/2007/10/06/badami-4/comment-page-1/#comment-11092 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:04:38 +0000 http://arunshanbhag.com/2007/10/06/badami-4/#comment-11092 [...] Cave Temples of Badami – 4 References: [...]

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]]> By: Arun Shanbhag http://arunshanbhag.com/2007/10/06/badami-4/comment-page-1/#comment-8353 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:44:13 +0000 http://arunshanbhag.com/2007/10/06/badami-4/#comment-8353 Hi Ruchi
Sorry for not replying to this earlier. Really fabulous information. Based on what you said I have gone back and done a lot of research on these caves and it appears I will have to rewrite this series of posts.

Oh, well – that is the good part of having an online post, its easy to edit.

And thank you for taking the time to help me with this.

Best Wishes
Arun

]]> By: Ruchi http://arunshanbhag.com/2007/10/06/badami-4/comment-page-1/#comment-8036 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:33:46 +0000 http://arunshanbhag.com/2007/10/06/badami-4/#comment-8036 Absolutely spectacular pics Arun… thank you so much for sharing. I’ve never been here, but am definitely planning a little trip on my next visit to India…

This particular picture however is of Bahubali-ji, the son of the first tirthankar – Rushabhdev, the same of the Shravanbelgola temple. He is quite popular with the Digambara sect of Jains, so there are quite a few idols of him in Karnataka, MP etc. Legend has it that he was fighting for the control of the whole empire with his brother, Bharat (parallel to the Hindu story) but at the last minute he decided to leave that, and follow his father into the spiritual path. His mild arrogance didnt let him bow down to his juniors by birth, but seniors in the religious order.. so he penanced alone – for a long long time. Over time the leaves etc began to grow around him, and the creepers creeped up his body (so the idol always has vegetation on it) – but he still didnt achieve self actualization. He was then made to realise the error of his ways after a cryptic message from his sisters, and the minute he stepped forward to ask for forgiveness, he achieved self actualization. He is not a tirthankar though, but has achieved keval-gyan and this is on par with the other tirthankars.

Each of the 24 tirthankars have their own symbol, but there was none under this idol. The symbol of Mahavir is a lion.

Hope this helps!

Cheers, Ruchi

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