Chamundaraya
Chamundaraya was the creator of the famous
Gomateshwara statue and a devotee of Acharya Nemichandra.
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Bahubali statue inscription mentioning Chamundaraya |
According to
Chamundarayapuran (978 AD) he was a Brahmakshatra. He was a minister and commander of Marsingh II and Rachmall IV. He fought Nolambas along side the
Rashtrakutas to preserve the Ganga territory. He was awarded several titles of valour.
Chamundaraya wrote
Charitrasara,
Trishashti-LaksanPurana and other books in Kannada. He was a disciple of
Nemichandra Siddhanta-Chakravarti. He also built the Chamundaraya Basadi on Chandragiri Hill of
Shravanabelagola. His son Jinadevan also built a Jain temple. Chamundaraya patronized the famous
Kannada Poet Ranna.
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CHAMUNDARAYA AND SHRAVANABELAGOLA
