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Doddappa temple, Adargunchi #Karnataka

Many #Jain temples in Karnataka were converted into Veerashaivite/Lingayat temples. Either the Jina idol was uprooted & Linga was placed or it was converted into a Veershaivite or it was taken off the Main shrine & placed at the entrance.

Built sometime between 10th & 11th century, the temple today is fronted by a stone sculpture of the bull Nandi and houses a massive black stone statue of a Jina, placed alongside a Shiva linga (phallus, the form in which Lingayats worship Shiva).

The entire temple was re-built during the Virashaiva takeover of the basadi. Instead of removing the idol, they converted it & retained it as a sign of domination and control, thereby sending a clear signal of Virashaiva’s triumph over Jainism.

'Basava Purana', a long hagiography dedicated to Basava narrates that not only did he successfully plot a regicide but also sanctified violence against Jains, in rather gruesome ways such as 'putting a sharp spear on the skulls of Jains'.

Such an ideology fell in line with Virashaivism’s idea of opposing caste system & ostentatious Brahmanic rituals & tenets that made the new religion popular with the masses in no time. Jainism took the greatest hit & saw a sharp fall in its following.

Apart from vying for political patronage, Lingayats also started appropriating & converting Jaina basadis into Virashaiva temples, an act that not only signified Virashaiva's strength but also a practical necessity for a neo religion with not enough resources to build new temples

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