Experience an exciting day trip to the magical shravanabelagola area to enjoy the sights of the gomateshwara statue and kalamma temple the gomateshwara statue also known as the bahubali statue is 17 meters tall and known to be one of the highest gomateshwara statues in the world this ancient statue was constructed in the 10th century by the general of king rajamalla chamundaraya during the ganga dynasty the kalamma temple which is also known as the kalamma basadi is the only hindu temple