High medieval · Jain · India

Bawangaja

Barwani, Madhya Pradesh · 21.9957°, 74.8635°

Rishabhadeva (Adinatha)UndeterminedMonolithic Kayotsarga colossus in brown stone

Sacred since

1100 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

early 12th c.; statue repaired 1503

Undetermined

History & significance

A Digambar Jain pilgrimage centre in the Satpura range of south-western Madhya Pradesh whose 84-foot rock-cut standing image of Rishabhadeva is among the largest monolithic Jain statues in the world, set among a group of eleven temples.

Sthala katha — the legend

Indrajit, Kumbhakarna and other ascetics are said to have attained emancipation here through self-meditation, and their ancient footprint images are preserved at the Chulgiri shrine.

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