Chaturmukha Basadi

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ಚತುರ್ಮುಖ ಬಸದಿ
Chaturmukha Basadi at Karkala
Shown within Karnataka
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Location	Karkala, Udupi, Karnataka
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Affiliation	Jainism
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Chaturmukha Basadi is a symmetrical Jain temple situated in Karkala, Karnataka, India. It is one of the most famous monuments in Karkala.

It has four symmetrical faces and is thus called chaturmukha (four faces) basadi (a term used to refer to Jain temples in South India). The temple has images of Tirthankara Aranath, Mallinath and Munisuvratnath.

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 by Immadi Bharirarasa Vodeya in 1586.

Gallery

• Chaturmukha basati seen from gomadeswara statue.JPG

  Chaturmukha Basadi (view from the Gommateshwara statue of Karkala)

• Chaturmukha Temple N-KA-B200.JPG

  Chaturmukha Basadi

• Pillar at chathurmukha basati.JPG

  Pillar at Chaturmukha Basadi

• Roof at Chaturmukha basati.JPG

  Roof at Chaturmukha Basadi

• Pillar at Gomadeswara statue,.JPG

  pillar at Gommateshwara statue

• Gomadeswara statue,.JPG

  Gommateshwara Bahubali statue

• Chathurmukha basati silpa 4.JPG

  the shilpa at chaturmukha basati

• Chaturmukha basati pillar top carving.JPG

  a pillar at chaturmukha basati

• Karkala 1.jpg

  Kere Basadi, Varanga Jain temple, Chaturmukha basadi (Parshvanath, Neminath, Ananthnath and Shantinath), 18th cent.

• Karkala jain temple.JPG

  Varanga Jain temple at the center of pond in Karkala

See also

• Saavira Kambada Basadi
• Gommateshwara statue