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    The document describes four temples located at Badami. The Upper Shivalaya has a northern style architecture and reliefs from the Ramayana and Mahabharata. The Lower Shivalaya is also in the northern hills with only its inner sanctum and spire remaining. The fourth cave is dedicated to Jainism and contains many images of the Tirthankaras as well as a large sculpture of Mahavira.

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    The document describes four temples located at Badami. The Upper Shivalaya has a northern style architecture and reliefs from the Ramayana and Mahabharata. The Lower Shivalaya is also in the northern hills with only its inner sanctum and spire remaining. The fourth cave is dedicated to Jainism and contains many images of the Tirthankaras as well as a large sculpture of Mahavira.

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    Upper Shivalaya

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    The document describes four temples located at Badami. The Upper Shivalaya has a northern style architecture and reliefs from the Ramayana and Mahabharata. The Lower Shivalaya is also in the northern hills with only its inner sanctum and spire remaining. The fourth cave is dedicated to Jainism and contains many images of the Tirthankaras as well as a large sculpture of Mahavira.

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    BADAMI III

    UPPER SHIVALAYA
    THE UPPER SHIVALAYA ON THE NORTHERN
    HILL HAS ASHIKHARA OF NAGARA (NORTHERN
    STYLE).THIS TEMPLE HAS RELIEF SCULPTURE
    FROM THE RAMAYANA AND MAHABHARATA
    THEMES.

    LOWER SHIVALAYA
    ALSO SITUATED AT NORTHERN HILLS THIS TEMPLE HAS NOW ONLY ITS
    SANCTUM SANCTORUM WITH A SHIKHARA.THE DOOR WAY IS DECORAT-
    ED WITH FLORAL DESIGNS.
    THE FOURTH TEMPLE CAVE IS DEDICATED TO JAIN
    CAVE 4 : JAIN TIRTHANKARA
    FAITH.IT IS FULL OF JAIN TIRTHANKARA IMAGES.IT
    HOLDS A LARGE SCULTURE
    OF LORD MAHAVIRA.

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