Aihole
Also known as: Meguti Jain temple · Aihole Jain caves
The Meguti temple on the hill at Aihole carries an inscription of 634 CE — one of the firmest dates in early Chalukyan architecture — and there is a Jain cave temple below. Aihole is where a great deal of Indian temple building was worked out by trial, and the Jain buildings are part of the experiment.
- Digambar
- Tradition
- Kala kshetra
- Kind of kshetra
- Aihole
- Nearest town
- Not listed
- Staying there
Why this place
The Meguti temple on the hill at Aihole carries an inscription of 634 CE — one of the firmest dates in early Chalukyan architecture — and there is a Jain cave temple below. Aihole is where a great deal of Indian temple building was worked out by trial, and the Jain buildings are part of the experiment.
Getting there
- By rail
- Badami is the nearest station.
- By air
- Hubballi or Belagavi.
- By road
- Usually done in one circuit with Badami and Pattadakal.
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Sources
Every entry says where its facts came from. Community directories are often the only place a dharamshala or a landline is written down, so we keep them — and label them.
- Archaeological Survey of India — AiholeGovernment or ASI
- Wikipedia — AiholeWikipedia