Chaturmukha Basadi

Chaturmukha Basadi
ಚತುರ್ಮುಖ ಬಸದಿ

Chaturmukha Basadi

Chaturmukha Basadi at Karkala
Chaturmukha Basadi
Shown within Karnataka
Basic information
Location Karkala, Udupi, Karnataka
Geographic coordinates 13°12′00″N 74°58′59″E / 13.2°N 74.983°E / 13.2; 74.983Coordinates: 13°12′00″N 74°58′59″E / 13.2°N 74.983°E / 13.2; 74.983
Affiliation Jainism
Deity Aranath
Architectural description
Date established 1432 A.D.[1]
Specifications
Temple(s) 1

Chaturmukha Basadi is a symmetrical Jain temple situated in Karkala, Karnataka, India.[2] It is one of the most famous monuments in Karkala.[1][3]

It has four symmetrical faces and is thus called chaturmukha (four faces) basadi (a term used to refer to Jain temples in South India).[1] The temple has images of Tirthankara Aranath, Mallinath and Munisuvratnath.[2] This basadi, completely made of carved granite rocks, is known as Tribhuvana Tilaka Jina Chaityalaya or Ratnatraya dhama from inscriptions.[4]

It faces the famous Karkala Bahubali statue installed in the year 1432 by Veera Pandya of the Santara dynasty on February 13, 1432, on the instructions of the Bhattaraka of Karkala, Lalitakeerti.

History

The Chaturmukha Basadi, was built in the late 16th century[5] by Immadi Bharirarasa Vodeya in 1586. [6]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Karkala Town Municipal Council
  2. 1 2 "Splendour in stone". The Hindu.
  3. ↑ South Indian History Congress. 1986. p. 191.
  4. ↑ "Chaturmukha Basadis of Karkala". Trayaan. 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  5. ↑ Splendour in stone, NITYA BALAKRISHNAN AND S. RAMANATHAN, Hindu, June 24, 2007
  6. ↑ Epigraphia Indica, KARKALA INSCRIPTION OF BHAIRAVA II.; SAKA.-SAMVAT 1508, H. Krishna Sastri Volume 8, 1906, pp. 124
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