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Aggalayya Gutta

Aggalayya Gutta is a granite hill at Hanamakonda, opposite the Padmakshi hill. Large standing Jain Tirthankaras are carved on its rock faces. No inscription dates them, and the link with the physician Aggalayya rests on tradition.

Period
Undated. Writers date the carvings to the 9th to 11th century on grounds of style, before the Kakatiyas ruled in their own right
Materials
Reliefs carved on the granite of the hill
Location
18.0002° N, 79.5706° E

Source of the position: Wikidata Q141309100, which agrees within 50 m with the GPS of the Commons photographs

Condition
Developed for visitors and in Jain worship. The paint has been removed from the large statue. The left hand of the large statue and some neighbouring reliefs show modern repair or new carving.
A sheer dark granite rock face with a tall standing Jain sculpture carved in a sunken panel. The statue is painted white on a blue ground. A group of about fifteen visitors stands on a path at its foot. A small opening with square pillars is cut into the rock at the lower left.

A large standing Jain Tirthankara is carved in a sunken panel on the sheer face of the hill. The visitors at its foot show the scale of the statue. In this photograph of 2018, the statue is painted white on a blue ground.

Photo: Torchtelangana, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

A nude standing Jain sculpture in relief, with the arms hanging straight at the sides. The statue is painted white, with dark curled hair and painted eyes. A single parasol is carved above the head, and a small flying attendant with joined hands is carved in each upper corner.

The Tirthankara stands upright with his arms straight at his sides. This posture is called standing meditation (kayotsarga). A parasol is carved above his head, and flying attendants appear in the upper corners.

Photo: Torchtelangana, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

A row of seven small standing Jain sculptures carved in shallow niches along the face of a large grey boulder. Two of the sculptures have the coils and hood of a snake behind them. Parasol shapes are carved above several of the heads.

Seven standing Tirthankaras are carved in a row of niches on a boulder of the hill. Two of the sculptures stand in front of the coils of a snake, and its hood rises over their heads.

Photo: Torchtelangana, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Detail

Also recorded as

  • Aggalaya Gutta
  • Aggalaiah Gutta
  • Aggalayya
  • Aggalaiah
  • Agilaiah Gutta
  • Eggalayya Gutta
  • Aggulayya Gutta
  • Jain Tirthankara Hill
  • Jaina Tirthankara Gutta
  • Jain Hills

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