Nittur

For the village in Tumkur District, Karnataka, see Nittur.

Nittur is a village in Tumkur district of Karnataka, India.^[1]

Nittur
Village
Nittur Location in Karnataka, India Show map of Karnataka Nittur Nittur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 13°18′0″N 76°52′0″E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Talukas	Gubbi
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Nearest city	Gubbi
Lok Sabha constituency	Tumkur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Gubbi

Nittur is famous for Jwalamalini Temple, an ancient Jain centre. The Jwalamalini Temple (also known as Shantinatha Digambar Jain temple) is said to have been built in the year 1175 A.D. It was famous as “the Ayyahole of the South”. Originally, the idol of Bhagawan Adinatha was the main deity in this temple, but with the passage of time it was ruined; the present idol of Bhagawan Shanthinatha was installed on 26 January 1969.^[2]

See also

• Hagalavadi

References

1. Village Directory Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, 2001 Census of India
2. "Nittur". 14 December 2011.