Kulpakji

Kulpakji, the Kolanupaka Temple, is a Svetambara Jain temple in Kolanupaka village, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, on the highway to Warangal, about 80 km from Hyderabad. It is an important Jain pilgrimage centre of South India, housing images of Rishabhanatha, Neminatha and Mahavira. Kolanupaka was a Jain centre from early times: in the 9th century the Kalachuri ruler Shankaragana gave 12 villages to support the temple, and more than 20 Jain inscriptions have been found here, including a 151-line Kannada record of 1125 AD issued by the Western Chalukya king Someshvara III.

The image of Mahavira, 130 cm tall, is said to be carved from a single piece of green jade. Images of eight more Tirthankaras are placed on both sides of the main temple, along with Simandhar Swami and Padmavati. The interior is of red sandstone and white marble. In a recent renovation, over 150 artisans from Rajasthan and Gujarat kept the old sanctum and built a new temple around it. A dharamshala surrounds the complex.