Gommateshwara
Gommateshwara

Product Details
Product Name
:
Gommateshwara
Issue Date
:
02 January 1978
Denomination
:
50
Category
:
Description
:

Shravanabelagola is a city located in the Hassan district, 158 km from Bangalore. The statue of Gommateshvara Bahubali at Sravanabeḷagoḷa is one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in Jainism, one that reached a peak in architectural and sculptural activity under the patronage of Western Ganga Dynasty of Talakad. Chandragupta is said to have died here in 298 BC after he became a Jain monk and assumed an ascetic life style. The cancellation depicts Monolithic statue of Gommateshvara.
(Note: It appears that old cancellation has been replaced with new cancellation which can be noticed from two different examples of cancellations. Position of Pincode and font size are different in both examples.

Remarks
:

Cancellation Date - 9-2-1981 & 12-12-2012

Other Images(s)
Gommateshwara
Gommateshwara
Gommateshwara

One Page One Theme
Exhibit/Collections
Creative Philately
Philatelist's Delight
Books by Author
Site Visitor
United States
US
11479
China
CN
1748
Canada
CA
729
India
IN
562
Japan
JP
367
France
FR
116
Russian Federation
RU
100
Latvia
LV
80
Netherlands
NL
69
Switzerland
CH
58
United Kingdom
GB
56
Viet Nam
VN
54
Lithuania
LT
41
Australia
AU
37
Iran
IR
35
Ukraine
UA
35
Romania
RO
24
Austria
AT
22
Brazil
BR
22
Germany
DE
20
These values are site pages viewed till date for the month of March 2026.
Site Statistics

Jan to June 2023
Pages viewed: 80,706
Unique visitors: 9,124

For previous year 2022
Pages viewed: 174,067
Unique visitors: 18,766