Bawangaja, Jain temple complex in Barwani, India

Bawangaja is a Jain pilgrimage center in the Satpura Range whose main figure is an 84-foot (26 m) statue of Rishabhadeva carved from the mountain itself, supported at the back. The brown stone idol stands in the Kayotsarga posture, hands not joined to the legs, with the four-armed Gomukha on its left and the sixteen-armed Chakreshvari on its right. Eleven temples surround it, and a long stone stairway with a white arched gateway climbs the hillside.

The temple was founded in the early 12th century and has become an important pilgrimage destination for Jain followers. In the 20th century, the complex underwent major restoration work that included the construction of protective galleries on both sides of the structure.

The name Bawangaja means "52 yards", a reference to the statue's height. Each year on the full-moon day of the Hindu month of Pausha, the Bawangaja Yatra fair brings devotees to the site. At Chulgiri temple on the hilltop, three ancient foot images are kept, held to be those of Indrajit, Kumbhakarna and other scholars who attained emancipation through self-meditation there.

Bawangaja lies about 8 km from Barwani town in the Satpura Range; the nearest airport is Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport in Indore. From the base, a long straight flight of stone stairs climbs the hillside past a white arched gateway to the temple complex. A three-storey dharmshala with 108 rooms was built by the Bawanga Trust in 2016.

The statue is supported from the back, unlike the Gommateshwara statue at Shravanabelagola. An inscription records repairs by a Bhattaraka in 1503 CE, and the idol was repaired again in 1989/90 before a consecration in January 1991.