Humnabad

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Humnabad was known as Jaisinghpur after its founder King Jaisingh of Chalukaya dynasty. The Digambar temple of Bhagwan Chandraprabhu is in a street known as Jain gali. The temple is better known as Music School (sangeet pathshala) since a center is run from the school. The temple is about 500 years old. Made of stone. The Idol of Bhagwan Chandraprabhu is very artistic. Besides one 60 cms high marble idol of Bhagwan parsvanath; the idol of Gommeteswar; Bhagwan mahavir and two more idols of Bhagwan parsvanath are installed in the temple. There is one Jain family looking after the temple. There is one more temple, which is not in maintenance

Humnabad is 50 Kms from Bidar. Humnabad was a great Jain city in ancient time. Bidar district is situated on the northern tip of Karnataka on the border of Andhra Pradesh. Bidar is 136 Kms from Hyderabad, the State capital of Andhra Pradesh via Zahirabad The district has also border with Maharashtra. It is connected by the road coming from Nanded and also through National Highway No. 9 Mumbai Poona Solapur- Urmarga (Maharashtra) Humnabad (Karnataka)- Bidar. Bidar is 50 Kms from Humnabad. Bidar is 116 Kms from Gulbarga. Bidar is also connected with Secundrabad. The nearest Airport is Hyderabad.