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''' Kamthana ''' is a village in [[Bidar taluka]] of [[Bidar district]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Karnataka]].<ref name="censusindia">Village code= 449500 {{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=2008-12-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |archivedate=2008-12-08 }}</ref><ref name="yahoomaps">{{cite web|url=http://in.maps.yahoo.com |title=Yahoomaps India |accessdate=2008-12-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218082545/http://in.maps.yahoo.com/ |archivedate=2008-12-18 }} Kamthana, Bidar, Karnataka</ref> Kamthana ancient village, Jain Tirtha(pilgrimage) is about 10 km from Bidar, famous for the historical ''Parshavanth Tirthankara Jain temple''.
The annual three-day car festival held usually in February.

==History==
During 753 A.D [[Rashtrakuta]] prince [[Dantidurga]] proclaimed himself the sovereign power and [[Malkhed|Manyakheta]] (Malkhed) as Capital, built Jain temple.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://bidar.nic.in/hist.htm
|title=BIDAR DISTRICT IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENTS
|accessdate=2013-03-06
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701082214/http://bidar.nic.in/hist.htm
|archivedate=2007-07-01
}}</ref> Nishidhis, inscriptions indicates the act of ''[[sallekhana]]'' are found in and around Kamthana. Kamthana means ''a place of forgiveness''.
And 108 hindu temples in this village

==Parshavanatha Teerthankara Jain temple==
Kamthana Jainism centre, by Jain munis and shravaks choose this place to seek salvation through ''sallekhana''. ''Srivatsa'' (North Indian tradition), is a diamond-shaped mark on the chest of the Parshvanath.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/309823/to-kamthana-they-flock.html
|title=To Kamthana they flock
|publisher=Deccan Herald
|accessdate=2013-03-06
|date=2013-02-04
}}</ref> Parshvanath Tirthankara idol is about ''115-cm tall and 55-cm wide'', in the ''paryankasana'' style, sheltered under a seven-hooded serpent, it was installed about '''900 years''' back.
A small lamp burns day and night in the cave. The light of the lamp is reflected in 1,000 mirrors plastered on to the wall.

===Discovery of Idol===
The temple was part of a famous gurukul. For centuries, it provided students with religious and secular education free of cost. The gurukul and the temple was taken great care for over a century under the rule of the Nizams of Hyderabad. A Jain muni, Sri Shruta Sagar, rediscovered it in 1987. He began work on renovating the temple and organised an annual rath yatra, says Vijay Kumar Jain, Secretary of the Bidar Jain Milan. The temple trust is planning to revive the gurukul. The building plans are ready and donors have come forward to adopt students, he said.

"The temple was just a cave when the muni found it. It had a 1,100-year-old, life-size black stone statue of Sri Parshwanath, the 23rd Thirthankara. The muni told us that students and teachers of the gurukul used the cave to meditate. We shifted the statue to the first floor. We renovated the cave and built a Shikhara. That is why the temple has three floors," explains Shantinath, the head priest.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Kamthana had a population of 9634 with 4956 males and 4678 females.<ref name="censusindia" />

==See also==
* [[Bidar]]
* [[Districts of Karnataka]]
* [[Lakkundi]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* http://Bidar.nic.in/

{{Settlements in Bidar district}}

{{Ancient Dharmic centres of Higher Learning}}
{{Historical places of Rashtrakuta}}

[[Category:Villages in Bidar district]]
[[Category:Jain temples in Karnataka]]

{{Bidar-geo-stub}}

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