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| sect = [[Digambara]]<br />
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| alt = Danavulapadu Jain temple<br />
| caption = Danavulapadu Jain temple<br />
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| map_type = India Andhra Pradesh<br />
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| map_caption = Location within Andhra Pradesh<br />
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| location = Danavulapadu village, [[Kadapa district|Kadapa]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| festivals = [[Mahavir Jayanti]]<br />
| deity = [[Parshvanatha]]<br />
| established = 8th century<br />
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| architecture_style = [[Rashtrakuta dynasty#architecture|Rashtrakuta architecture]]<br />
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'''Danavulapadu Jain temple''' is an ancient [[Jain]] [[Jain temple|center]] located in Danavulapadu village, within the [[Jammalamadugu|Jammalamadugu mandal]] of [[Kadapa district]] in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
Danavulapadu Jain temple, discovered in 1903,{{sfn|Konow|1910|p=147}}{{sfn|Ramamurty|1979|pp=54-55}} was once an important Jain center and received royal patronage from [[Rashtrakuta dynasty]].{{sfn|Stephens|1904|p=24}}{{sfn|Ramamurty|1979|p=54}} According to inscriptions on [[Nishidhi stone]], the site was popular among [[Acharya (Jainism)|Jain acharyas]] to perform [[Sallekhana]].{{sfn|Reddy|2022|p=113}} A 13th century inscription found in neighbouring village mentions present of this temple.<ref name="asi" /><br />
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A ''chaumukha'' (four-faced) idol was installed in 8th century during reign of [[Rashtrakuta dynasty]].{{refn|group=note|Chaumukh idol faces all four cardinal directions.{{sfn|Nandi|1973|p=33}}}}{{sfn|Nandi|1973|p=33}}{{sfn|Leeuw|1956}} There is a one-line [[sanskrit]] inscription at the base of the statue with characters from the early [[Eastern Chalukyas]] period.{{sfn|Archaeological Survey of India|1903|p=26}} In 968 CE, [[Khottiga]], Rashtrakuta empire, installed a ''panavatta'' for the [[Mahamastakabhisheka]] of [[Shantinatha]].{{sfn|Shah|1987|p=156}}{{sfn|Nandi|1973|p=35}}<br />
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== About temple ==<br />
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The temple plan features a [[mandapa]], [[antarala]], and [[garbhagriha]]. The [[Jagati (temple)|adhishthana]] of the temple is decorated with fine carvings. There are carvings of [[Nāga]], [[Nāginī]], [[Hanuman]] and [[Ganesha]] on temple wall.<ref name="asi" >{{cite web |title=Buried Jaina Temple and Remains at Danavulapadu |url=http://asiconservationportal.nic.in/public-dashboard/view-work-estimation/2440 |publisher=[[Archaeological Survey of India]] |access-date=15 September 2022 |archive-date=15 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915184216/http://asiconservationportal.nic.in/public-dashboard/view-work-estimation/2440 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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The temple enshrines a 10th-century {{convert|12|ft}} idol of a five-hooded serpent [[Parshvanatha]] seated on a lotus shaped pedestal with carvings scroll ornaments and sculptures of elephants and crocodiles as vahanas. The hands and portion below the knee are broken.{{sfn|Kannan|Lakshminarayanan|2001|p=63}}{{sfn|Pereira|1977|p=7}} There is an image of [[yakshi]] in [[lotus position]] seated on a lion. The second shrine is heavily ornate structure ensuring an idol of [[Tirthankara]].{{sfn|Ramamurty|1979|p=55}} Several serpent deities idols have been placed besides the well near the temple complex.<ref name="APTDC" >{{cite web | url=https://aptourism.gov.in/destinations/73/danavulapadu | title=Danavulapadu | publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation]] | access-date=15 September 2022 | archive-date=15 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915182226/https://aptourism.gov.in/destinations/73/danavulapadu | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Archaeology |url=https://www.chennaimuseum.org/draft/gallery/01/arch.htm |publisher=[[Government Museum, Chennai]] |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> The temple also houses an idol of [[Padmavati (Jainism)|Padmavati]].{{sfn|Singh|1971|p=165}}<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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File:Jain Tirthankara at Danavulapadu (cropped).jpg|Parshvanatha idol<br />
File:Ganapati Statue at Danavulapadu (cropped).jpg|Image of Ganesha<br />
File:Excavated Statues at Danavulapadu (cropped).jpg|Idols of serpent near the temple<br />
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== Conservation ==<br />
The temple complex is protected by [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref name="asi" /> Various artefacts, inscriptions and sculptures discovered at the site are now placed inside [[Government Museum, Chennai]].{{sfn|Ramamurty|1979|p=54}}<ref name="APTDC" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Ramateertham]]<br />
* [[Ambapuram cave temple]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
=== Citation ===<br />
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==== Books ====<br />
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* {{cite book | author=Archaeological Survey of India | author-link=Archaeological Survey of India | title=Annual Report of the Archaeological Department, Southern Circle, Madras | location=[[Coorg]] | url={{Google books|umc_AAAAIAAJ|pg=RA1-PA26|plainurl=yes}} | publisher=Government Press | year=1903 }}<br />
* {{cite book | last1=Kannan | first1=R. | last2=Lakshminarayanan | first2=K. | title=Iconography of the Jain images in the government museum | url=https://www.tamilvu.org/tdb/arts_tamildb/pdf/rkannan/14.inconography_jain_images_in_government_museum.pdf | volume=15 | issue=1 | year=2001 | publisher=[[Government Museum, Chennai]] }}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Konow | first=Sten | author-link=Sten Konow | title=Epigraphia Indica and Record of the Archaeological Survey of India | volume=10 | series=[[Epigraphia Indica]] | url=https://ignca.gov.in/Asi_data/29303.pdf | issue=1 | year=1910 | publisher=[[Archaeological Survey of India]] | location=[[Bombay]] }}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Nandi |first=Ramendra Nath |title=Religious Institutions and Cults in the Deccan, C. A.D. 600-A.D. 1000 |url={{Google books|7HRgstuWe6EC|page=33|plainurl=yes}} |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |date=1973 |isbn=978-08-426-0564-9 }}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Pereira |first=Jose | author-link=José Pereira (scholar) | title=Monolithic Jinas | url={{Google books|LMTgiygj4-oC|page=7|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} | year=1977 | publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |isbn=978-81-208-2397-6 }}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Ramamurty | first=N. | title=Social and religious life as depicted in the Chalukyan sculptures | url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/144517431.pdf | publisher=[[Aligarh Muslim University]] | year=1979 | location=[[Aligarh]] }}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Reddy |first=Pedarapu Chenna |author-link=P. Chenna Reddy |title=Nagabharana: Recent Trends in Jainism Studies |url={{Google books|kfNgEAAAQBAJ|page=231 |keywords= |text= |plainurl=yes}} |year=2022 |publisher=Blue Rose Publishers |isbn=978-93-56114-46-3 }}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Shah |first=Umakant Premanand |author-link=Umakant Premanand Shah |title=Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana: Jaina iconography | volume=1 |url={{Google books|m_y_P4duSXsC|page=156|plainurl=yes}} |date=1987 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-81-7017-208-6 }}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Stephens |first=H. Morse |author-link=H. Morse Stephens |title=Madras State Administration Report |url={{Google books|mYw-AQAAMAAJ|pg=PR24|plainurl=yes}} |date=1904 |publisher=Government Press }}<br />
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==== Web ====<br />
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* {{cite web | last=Leeuw | first=Lohuizen-de | author-link=Johanna van Lohuizen-de Leeuw | title=Danavulapadu | url=https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/view/item/78770 | work=[[Leiden University Library]] | year=1956 | location=[[Netherland]] }}<br />
* {{cite journal | last=Singh | first=Ram Bhushan | title=Jaina Goddesses In Karnataka And Their Association With Tantricism During Early Medieval Times | journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress | publisher=[[Indian History Congress]] | volume=33 | year=1971 | pages=165–71 | jstor=44145329 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/44145329 | access-date=15 September 2022 }}<br />
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