Universität Bonn

Abteilung für Asiatische und Islamische Kunstgeschichte

Kalpetta

Śrī Anantanātha Svāmī Digambara Jaina Temple


This is a relatively large Jaina temple complex in a densely wooded and only loosely populated area of Kerala. The main icon of the temple is a large standing metal statue of Anantanātha. The temple has a gandha-kuṭī frame and houses a number of other statues and cosmological representations

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Entrance gate in the east, seen from outside © Julia A.B. Hegewald
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View towards the temple from the southeast © Julia A.B. Hegewald
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Small shrine in the south © Julia A.B. Hegewald

Anantanātha Jaina Temple


Also walled, this temple is in many ways similar to the Śrī Anantanātha Svāmī Digambara Jaina Temple above but is smaller and simpler in layout. In the walled compound are a number of further shrines.

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View towards the temple compound from the southeast © Julia A.B. Hegewald
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Entrance gate in the east, seen from outside © Julia A.B. Hegewald
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View towards the temple from the southeast © Julia A.B. Hegewald

Candranātha Svāmī Temple


The walled compound of the Candranātha Svāmī Temple at Kalpetta contains a large number of additional shrines and edifices. The small nāga shrine behind the Candranātha Svāmī Temple has been contained inside a larger wooden structure, creating an ambulatory around it. Typical Keralan style roof construction cover a shrine to the sacred snake guardian. In the northwestern corner of the temple compound is a rice store.

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Side view of the temple compound © Julia A.B. Hegewald
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View towards the temple from the northeast © Julia A.B. Hegewald
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Nāga shrine behind the temple © Julia A.B. Hegewald

Other monuments at the site

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Cave in boulder below Anantanātha SvāmīDigambara Jaina Temple (frontal view) © Julia A.B. Hegewald
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Cave in boulder below Anantanātha SvāmīDigambara Jaina Temple (back view) © Julia A.B. Hegewald
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Lotus tank near the Anantanātha Svāmī Digambara Jaina Temple © Julia A.B. Hegewald
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