Guest guest Posted August 26, 2001 Report Share Posted August 26, 2001 At 3:00 pm +0000 24/8/01, ymalaiya wrote: >2. In Karnataka a major Shiva temple (Manjunath) has been headed >by a Jain family for perhaps 800 years. How has this been >accepted by Shaivites and the Jains? It's possible that this was originally a Buddhist temple. Mañjunaatha can be another name for Mañjus'rii, the Bodhisattva of wisdom. P Gururaja Bhatt, "Studies in TuLuva History and Culture", Manipal, 1975, publishes some fine metal images of Buddhist subjects now worshipped under the names of Hindu Gods in the Mañjunaatha (now S'aiva) temple at Kadri, Mangalore. They include a magnificent 3-headed image of Lokes'vara (here = Avalokites'vara, the Bodhisattva of compassion), now worshipped as an image of S'iva. It is firmly dated by an incription in the temple to 968 CE. Please note: the above information comes from notes I made 20-odd years ago in a different city, so I haven't been able to go back to the book and check! Dr Valerie J Roebuck Manchester, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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