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{{Infobox religious building<br />
| native_name = ಚತುರ್ಮುಖ ಬಸದಿ<br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Jainism]]<br />
| image = Chaturmukha Basadi.jpg<br />
| image_size = 300px<br />
| alt = Chaturmukha Basadi<br />
| caption = Chaturmukha Basadi at Karkala<br />
| map_type = <br />
| map_alt = Chaturmukha Basadi<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|13.2|N|74.983|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| location = [[Karkala]], [[Udupi]], [[Karnataka]]<br />
| deity = [[Aranath]], [[Mallinath]] and [[Munisuvratnath]]<br />
| temple_quantity = 1<br />
| established = 1432 A.D.<ref name=Govt.>{{citation|title=Karkala Town Municipal Council|url=http://karkalatown.gov.in/tourism|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112003/http://karkalatown.gov.in/tourism|archivedate=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Jainism}}<br />
'''Chaturmukha Basadi''' is a symmetrical [[Jain temple]] situated in [[Karkala]], Karnataka, India.<ref name=News/> It is one of the most famous monuments in Karkala.<ref name=Govt./><ref name=CB>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_AtuAAAAMAAJ|title=South Indian History Congress|year=1986|p=191}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The Chaturmukha Basadi, was built in the late 16th century<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/splendour-in-stone/article2275347.ece Splendour in stone, NITYA BALAKRISHNAN AND S. RAMANATHAN, Hindu, June 24, 2007]<br />
</ref> by Immadi Bhairarasa Vodeya of the [[Santara dynasty]] in 1586.<br />
<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MxE9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124 Epigraphia Indica, KARKALA INSCRIPTION OF BHAIRAVA II.; SAKA.-SAMVAT 1508, H. Krishna Sastri Volume 8, 1906, pp. 124]</ref><br />
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==About Temple==<br />
It has four symmetrical faces and is thus called ''chaturmukha'' (four faces) ''basadi'' (a term used to refer to Jain temples in South India).<ref name=Govt./> The temple has images of [[Tirthankara]] [[Aranath]], [[Mallinath]] and [[Munisuvratnath]].<ref name=News>{{cite news|title=Splendour in stone|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/splendour-in-stone/article2275347.ece|publisher=The Hindu}}</ref> This basadi, completely made of carved [[granite]] rocks, is known as Tribhuvana Tilaka Jina Chaityalaya or [[Ratnatraya]] dhama from [[inscriptions]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trayaan.com/2015/03/chaturmukha-basadi-jain-temple-karkala-historical-architecture-monument-udupi-karnataka.html|title=Chaturmukha Basadis of Karkala|last=|first=|date=2015-03-19|website=|publisher=Trayaan|access-date=2016-10-05}}</ref> <br />
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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.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Chaturmukha basati seen from gomadeswara statue.JPG|Chaturmukha Basadi (view from the Gommateshwara statue of Karkala)<br />
File:Chaturmukha Temple N-KA-B200.JPG|Chaturmukha Basadi<br />
File:Kere Basadi.jpg|Kere Basadi<br />
File:Karkala 1.jpg|Padmavati Basadi, Varanga Jain temple<br />
File:Pillar at chathurmukha basati.JPG|Pillar at Chaturmukha Basadi<br />
File:Roof at Chaturmukha basati.JPG|Roof at Chaturmukha Basadi<br />
File: Pillar at Gomadeswara statue,.JPG|pillar at Gommateshwara statue<br />
File: Gomadeswara statue,.JPG| Gommateshwara Bahubali statue<br />
File:Chathurmukha basati silpa 4.JPG|the shilpa at chaturmukha basati<br />
File:Chaturmukha basati pillar top carving.JPG|a pillar at chaturmukha basati<br />
Image:Karkala jain temple.JPG|Varanga Jain temple at the center of pond in Karkala<br />
</gallery><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Kere Basadi]]<br />
* [[Saavira Kambada Basadi]]<br />
* [[Gommateshwara statue]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.talkativeman.com/chaturmukha-basadi-gerusoppa/ History and Architecture of the Chaturmukha Basadi, Gerusoppa]<br />
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