The Kamal Basadi has been built in the later Chalukya style. It has a tiered roof over the shrine. It was built in 1204 AD during the period of Kartavirya IV of the Ratta dynasty.Kamal Basadi – ArchitectureThe ceiling consists of projected Jain Tirthankaras on an upside-down lotus carving, made of stone. The structure stands on stone pillars, carved beautifully with images of Jain gods on them.The Kamal Basadi has a tiered, pyramidal roof. Inside the temple, the dome above the mukha mandapa has a beautiful lotus carving, with 72 petals. Of these, 24 petals have figures of the last 24 Thirthankaras. The other 48 are for present and future Thirthankaras. The Kamal (Lotus) Basadi gets its name from this great Lotus sculpture.This lotus dome and the roof are supported by beautifully carved and polished pillars. The main shrine has the idol of Neminatha in a finely carved throne. There are also idols and shrines of Bhagawan Sumatinath, Bhagawan Parashvanath covered by a seven hooded serpent, Bhagawan Adinath in Padmasana and a shrine for Navagrahas.Kamal Basadi – FactsThe Neminatha Idol was uncovered in the jungleThis idol is believed to belong to the 11th Century, and it’s older than the temple

One of the very old monuments here in the fort area of Belagavi. It is the Jain temple with the lotus carvings on roof. It was built during Ranna dynasty

Beautiful articture of jain basadi temple.Main attraction is the celling of the temple

This temple is of 10th Centuary AD and is under the protection of ASI. This temple is near the Belgaum Main Bus Stand. The two temples in the fort are known as Kamal Basadi (Mandir) and chikki basadi. Kamal basadi is so called because of the Gumbaj of the temple in the form of the lotus of 72 petals. In this temple, the past present and future Tirthankars 24 for each period are shown on the 72 petals of the lotus flower. The stone carved Sinhasan of Bhagwan Neminath is very artistic. The pillars of the temple are decorated with carvings and brightly polished. The idol of Bhagwan Neminath was found in the Jungle about 200 years ago. The Idol and other statue are of 11 AD. There are idols of Bhagwan Sumatinath in standing posture; idol of Bhagwan Adinath in padamasan; idol of Bhagwan parsvanath under the shade of 7 hooded Nagraj and the idols of Navgraha is also worth seeing. This temple is under active puja.

Ancient Jain temple situated in the Belgaum fort area which is an absolute beauty of stone. The area is do calm and quite that it really relieves one from the grim of daily tiredness.

Very poor Jain temple if you know others like Ranakpur or Jaisalmer for example

Kamal basthi its Jain temple. beautiful basthi its in the military fort. in entrance lord Durga maa temple you can see. such nice temple. After Shri Ramkrishna paramhamsa ashram will arrive after KAMAL BASTHI .

Kamal Basadi is one of the oldest temples built during Ratta Dynasty and has splendid carvings on the outside and inside walls, celling of the temple. Its one of the must visit place in Belgaum...

Neminath baghwan temple in fort of belgaum. Such 108 temples were existed nearly 2000 years ago. Temple is having stone Sihasan with carving of keval vriksha. Out stone side ceiling is carved as KAMAL pushpa. 185 pratima carved in flower.A must place for jains to visit

Kamal Basti ( or Basadi ) is a Jain temple dedicated to Teerthankar Neminath & Teerthankar Sumatinath. It is situated in Fort area of Belgaum. Built in Chalukya style it has exquisite carvings on pillars & on ceiling. Small but beautiful!

This temple is maintained by the Govt. Of Karnataka and has a few sculptures. It is very near to Kamal basti. This place has a great cultural significance.Theres a sense of calm in the surroundings.The best mode of transport to visit this place is Auto or 2-wheeler since its a bit far from the fort entrance.Id definitely recommend to visit this place.

Intricately carved mandapa entrance of Kamal Basadi , BelgaumKamal Basadi is one of two Jain Basadi located inside Belgaum fort, it was built in 11th century CEThe temple has two important inscriptions in Kannada.This lesser known Gem of Chālukya architecture, Basadi is carved out of black Basalt, which are among hardest rocks for carving. Even with todays tungsten carbide tipped tools, it takes hours to cut even a small piece. Now, imagine carving it. You can see a basalt on the roof of the Ramappa Temple in Warangal.PC : Namma Belagavi. Text: Agama Shastra.

The kamal basti or jain temple in the Belgaum city fort is one of the oldest monument and attraction point of tourists and locals. The surrounding is being planted with different plants and care for clean atmosphere is taken. It is one of the archeological site. The in side poles carving along with teerthkars and flowers the idol and roofing system is amazing and one has to appreciate our ancestors skill.

Nice place

Neminatha, also known as Nemi and Aristanemi, is the twenty-second tirthankara in Jainism. Along with Mahavira, Parshvanatha and Rishabhanatha, Neminatha is one of the twenty four tirthankaras who attract the most devotional worship among the Jains.

This beautiful temple built in 12th century is simple in architecture with three entrances connected through the halls to the sanctum.the meeting point of the three entrances or dancing hall has beautiful and big lotus flower on the ceiling along with sculpture panels on the top of pillars which are almost dead.The dancing hall style is exactly similar to tarakeswara temple in hangal.The sanctum has a blackstone carving of thirthankara with the wonderful kalpavruksha tree in the background and beautiful door designs along with small sculpture.Outer shikaram tower is missing though base seems to be solid with boulders and some small sculpture on the entrance sides which has already faded with time.

Beautiful temple

Place is nice for spending time at evening.But road is too small to ride 4 wheeler

About 1200 year old Jain temple. Very attractive and artistic. Must visit when in Belagavi. Please maintain cleanliness.

This Temple is dedicated to 22rd Tirthankar of Jainism Shri Neminath....

Nice. Temple

Peaceful.. and beautiful

Historical temple and great architecture!

Old temples

Peaceful lovely less crowded place in belgam

Wonderful palace ❤❤

Wonderful temple most is damaged by past rulers but still whatever is left is beautiful .

Nice nice very nice

Blessings vibes🥰😍😇

Serene, architectural marvel

Nice place to visit

Wonderful place

Feel good place

One may not imagine that beautifully carved Jain Shrines amidst the dense coconut trees could be enclosed inside the fort area, which now is a military centre.Two Shrines are the only remains in this area now, which is taket care of by archaeological survey of India.Of which Kamal Basadi alias Kamal basti is somewhat in pretty good condition compared to the other shrine on its right.If you observe carefully, some of the the pillars, they bear the finest carvings one could ever think of. While the other group of pillars are highly polished and smooth. The pecularity of these polished pillars is mind blowing(scientifically true). When you stand in front of this pillar, your image is shown only half the way, with lower half being your inverted image. Your feet are not at all visible in the pillar image.Moreover we noticed another amazing thing about these polished pillars. We observed that when a coin is tapped on it, the pillar sounds like ghungru or small bells.One more thing that we noticed is, it seems the temple was abandoned midway its construction (maybe on account of invasion or some epidemic), hence you will find the unfinished walls and a few pillars.The shrine next to Kamal Basadi is now closed as it is dilapidated. But you wont stop appreciating the finely carved entrance walls, which reveal the rich Indian culture. The archaeological site takes you 1000 years back in time and the serene and spiritual surrounding keeps you speechless.The ceiling is a lotus with say 1000 petals (similar to the Jain temple- Dhilwara temple in Mount Abu). The lower skirting of the ceiling has the carvings of 24 Jain Tirthankars and the ashtadikpalas (deities of eight directions). Out of these eight deities only six are intact. The graceful arches, the sturdy artistic supporting pillars have undergone 1000+ years of climatic,political, invasive attacks but yet fascinate your minds and give a calm and soothing feel especially in the evening.

Kamal basadi or basti is an ancient 12th century Jain temple in Belgaum fort, unfortunately ravaged by yavans. Still whatever is left is magnificent.

Oldest monuments in belgaum with great work of architecture, only 3 temples but carving and structures similar to that of hampi n other place monuments.. unfortunately very less known by people.

Nice place to vist,

Peaceful and divine temple..

Cool and calm place.

Lovely Jain temple. See it before the Kamala temple add it is not as ornate.

Cool n historical place,

Nature is very good

Very old Jain Temple. Very artistic and unique.

Wonderful jain temple.

Must visit

Peaceful place

Awesome experience

Super

Good place

Not that good

Old Jain Temple

Heritage of Belagavi

Jai jinendra ...

Jai jinendr