Consider the following statements about Sravana Belagola:

1. The site is famous for Gomateshwar, the granite statue of Lord Mahavira.

2. It is the world’s tallest monolithic free-standing structure.

3. It was constructed under the patronage of the Ganga kings.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• Karnataka has a rich heritage of Jain shrines and at Sravana Belagola the famous statue of Gomateshwar, the granite statue of Lord Bahubali, which stands eighteen metres or fifty-seven feet high, is the world’s tallest monolithic free-standing structure. It was commissioned by Camundaraya, the General-in-Chief and Prime Minister of the Ganga Kings of Mysore.

• Chandragupta Maurya is said to have died here after he became Jain monk and assumed an ascetic life style.

• Mahamastakabhisheka refers to the abhisheka of the Jain images when held on a large scale. The most famous of such consecrations is the anointment of the Bahubali Gommateshwara statue located at Sravara Belagola. It is an important Jain festival held every 12 years.