Vijnaneshwara Pratishthana Trust Martur · Kalaburagi · Karnataka

The Study Centre

A modern research centre at Martur, Kalaburagi District, Karnataka.

The Study Centre building (Vijnaneshwara Bhavana) at Martur, with its well-equipped library.
The Pratishthana's Study Centre at Martur, where Shri Vijnaneshwara lived about 900 years ago.

Martur, now a small, non-descript village in Chittapur Taluk of Kalaburagi District of Karnataka, is widely recognized for its deep historical ties to ancient Hindu jurisprudence.

In this village lies the 1000-year-old Sri Kalingeshwara Temple, which houses the famous inscription, dated to 1123 AD, which describes how Emperor Vikramaditya VI of the Western Chalukya dynasty once visited the village to honour the scholar Shri Vijnaneshwara.

The 1123 AD stone inscription at the Sri Kalingeshwara Temple, Martur.
The 1123 AD inscription at the Sri Kalingeshwara Temple, Martur.

The important stanza in the inscription

“When the Emperor Vikramaditya (VI) of the Chalukya dynasty, who was being honoured even by his enemies and hostile kings, wearing the jewelled crown, touched the feet of Vijnaneshwara, the effulgent rays reflecting from the jewelled crown worn by him fell on the feet of Vijnaneshwara.”

Martur inscription, 1123 AD

The Pratishthana has a modern research centre at Martur for post-graduate and graduate students of law colleges. It has a well-equipped library with reference books for the use of research scholars, students of law and others, covering various branches of law. Further, the Pratishthana extends all-out support and exposure to research scholars researching the area of Bharatiya jurisprudence traditions.

This building was inaugurated by the then Chief Justice of India, Shri R. C. Lahoti, on 31st December 2004.

Martur is about 20 km from Kalaburagi (a District headquarters in Karnataka) and is well connected by trains. There is also a flight facility from Bangalore to Kalaburagi.