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{{short description|Caves in Mangalore, Karnataka, India}}
[[File: Rock cut caves at Dhanadibbalu 01.jpg|thumb|Pandava Caves: According to the mythological sources Pandavas stayed here during their exile.<ref name="Mahabharata"/>]]

The '''Pandava Caves''' are located near [[Kadri Manjunath Temple|Kadri Manjunath temple]] in [[Mangalore]], [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ourkarnataka |url=http://www.ourkarnataka.com/OKC_ThisWeek/okcthisweek.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823044617/http://www.ourkarnataka.com/OKC_ThisWeek/okcthisweek.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 August 2000 |accessdate=29 June 2013}}</ref> Historians found that the current temple was a [[Buddhist monastery]] known as ''Kandarika'' [[Vihara]]. The shrine had a standing [[Buddha]] image in it. This image was replaced by the King ''Kundvarma'' of the ''Alupa'' dynasty, who was a devotee of [[Shiva]]. However it was not the Buddha but a [[bodhisattva]] who was historically integrated with Shiva. Historians concluded that the vihara was originally a centre of the cult of the bodhisattva [[Manjusri]].<ref name="jaini">{{cite book |last=Jaini |first=ed. by Padmanabh S. |title=Collected papers on Buddhist studies |year=2001 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |location=Delhi |isbn=81-208-1776-1 |pages=148–149 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlyDot9RyGcC&pg=PA148&dq=%22kadri%22+%22caves%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AKfOUaiBEMaGrAeL9oCoAQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22kadri%22%20%22caves%22&f=false |edition=1.}}</ref> This temple was one of the famous centres of learning and pilgrimage until the 11th century CE.{{cn|date=July 2020}} This particular doctrine opened the doors for Tantric religion. Both Shilinga and the bodhisattva were worshipped for many centuries until the Buddhist temple was converted to a purely Saivite temple.<ref name="jaini"/>

According to the mythological sources, [[Pandavas]] stayed here during their exile in the [[Mahabharata]] period.<ref name="Mahabharata">{{Cite web|title=These places in India have distinct Mahabharata, Ramayana connections|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/views/these-places-in-india-have-distinct-mahabharata-ramayana-connections-5100811.htm|access-date=1 July 2020|website=cnbctv18.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

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