Jain Tombs Moodbidri ಜೈನ ಸಮಾಧಿ Mudbidri Karnataka ಮೂಡಬಿದರಿ ಮೂಡುಬಿದಿರೆ Karnataka moodabidri

Jain Tombs Moodbidri ಜೈನ ಸಮಾಧಿ Mudbidri Karnataka ಮೂಡಬಿದರಿ ಮೂಡುಬಿದಿರೆ Dakshina Kannada Karnataka Tourism Moodabidri.

Moodabidri (Kannada: ಮೂಡುಬಿದಿರೆ Mūḍubidire; also called Mudbidri, Moodbidre and Bedra), is a town and taluk in Dakshina Kannada district. It lies 34 km northeast of the district headquarters, Mangalore, in Karnataka, India.These are the tombs of Jain Swamis constructed more than 500 years ago. Located at Kotebagilu on moodbidri - naravi road. The Jain Tombs at Moodbidri are national monuments and archaeological protected site. There are 17 jain tombs and the tallest jain tomb stands about 80 foot. On each tomb, the name it belongs to the swamy is written on granite stone in old kannada language. Those who have interest in archaeology can have a visit here. There is a pond nearby which is also more than 500 years old.
Because of widely grown bamboo in ancient days, this place was named as Moodabidri. Moodabidri comes from two Tulu words, mūḍu "east" and bidiru "bamboo".
Jainism was and still is strongly practised in Moodabidri. The Thousand Pillars Temple (Saavira Kambada Basadi) is a holy shrine for Jains across the country. It also has Guru Basadi which houses the treasured Dhavala text. There are other Basadis: Ammanvara Basadi and Leppada Basadi. There are several Jain temples in Moodbidri.

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