Chaturmukha Basadi is a symmetrical
Jain temple situated in
Karkala, Karnataka, India.
[ It is one of the most famous monuments in Karkala.]
History
The Chaturmukha Basadi, was built in the late 16th century by Immadi Bhairarasa Vodeya of the Santara dynasty
Santara or BhairarasaAlternate forms of the dynasty's name include Santha, Santa, Santhara. They kings of the dynasty also attached titles like Pandya and Odeya to their names. is a medieval ruling dynasty of Karnataka, India. The area covere ...
in 1586.
About Temple
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
In Jainism, a ''Tirthankara'' (Sanskrit: '; English: literally a ' ford-maker') is a saviour and spiritual teacher of the '' dharma'' (righteous path). The word ''tirthankara'' signifies the founder of a '' tirtha'', which is a fordable pass ...
Aranath
Aranath was the eighteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present half cycle of time ( Avasarpini). He was also the eighth Chakravartin and thirteenth Kamadeva. According to Jain beliefs, he was born around 16,585,000 BCE. He became a siddha i.e. a lib ...
, Mallinath and Munisuvratnath.granite
Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies un ...
rocks, is known as Tribhuvana Tilaka Jina Chaityalaya or Ratnatraya
Jainism emphasises that ratnatraya (triple gems of Jainism) — the right faith (''Samyak Darshana''), right knowledge (''Samyak Gyana'') and right conduct (''Samyak Charitra'') — constitutes the path to liberation. These are known as the trip ...
dhama from inscriptions.Bahubali
Bahubali (), a much revered figure among Jains, was the son of Rishabadeva (the first ''tirthankara'' of Jainism) and the brother of Bharata Chakravartin. He is said to have meditated motionless for a year in a standing posture (''kayotsarg ...
statue installed in the year 1432 by Veera Pandya of the Santara dynasty
Santara or BhairarasaAlternate forms of the dynasty's name include Santha, Santa, Santhara. They kings of the dynasty also attached titles like Pandya and Odeya to their names. is a medieval ruling dynasty of Karnataka, India. The area covere ...
on February 13, 1432, on the instructions of the Bhattaraka
A Bhaṭṭāraka ( pka, भट्टारक "holy one") heads traditional Digambara Jain institutions. He is responsible for training scholars, maintenance of libraries, managing endowments, presiding over installation ceremonies and running ...
of Karkala, Lalitakeerti.
Gallery
File:Chaturmukha basati seen from gomadeswara statue.JPG, Chaturmukha Basadi (view from the Gommateshwara statue of Karkala)
File:Chaturmukha Temple N-KA-B200.JPG, Chaturmukha Basadi
File:Kere Basadi.jpg, Kere Basadi
File:Karkala 1.jpg, Padmavati Basadi, Varanga Jain temple
File:Pillar at chathurmukha basati.JPG, Pillar at Chaturmukha Basadi
File:Roof at Chaturmukha basati.JPG, Roof at Chaturmukha Basadi
File: Pillar at Gomadeswara statue,.JPG, pillar at Gommateshwara statue
File: Gomadeswara statue,.JPG, Gommateshwara Bahubali statue
File:Chathurmukha basati silpa 4.JPG, the shilpa at chaturmukha basati
File:Chaturmukha basati pillar top carving.JPG, a pillar at chaturmukha basati
Image:Karkala jain temple.JPG, Varanga Jain temple at the center of pond in Karkala
See also
* Kere Basadi
* Saavira Kambada Basadi
* Gommateshwara statue
The Gommateshwara statue is a high monolithic statue on Vindhyagiri Hill in the town of Shravanbelagola in the Indian state of Karnataka. Carved of a single block of granite, it is one of the tallest monolithic statues in the world second only ...
References
External links
History and Architecture of the Chaturmukha Basadi, Gerusoppa
{{Jainism topics
Jain pilgrimage sites
Jain temples in Karnataka
15th-century Jain temples
Buildings and structures in Udupi district
1432 establishments