File:Chaturmukha Basadi Jain temple, Gersoppa Karnataka.jpg

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DescriptionChaturmukha Basadi Jain temple, Gersoppa Karnataka.jpg
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Object location14° 13′ 43.71″ N, 74° 39′ 53.77″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo 14.228807; 74.664937

Gersoppa is a historic Jain and Hindu town, prosperous during the Vijayanagara era. It is also referred to as Kshemapura, Bhallatakipura, Nagire, Gerasappa and Gerusoppa in Jain and Hindu inscriptions and literature. Its economy collapsed and the region depopulated after the Sultanates ended the Vijayanagara era. Gersoppa is now small village, lush green, with numerous ruins. Of these five Jain temples and one Hindu temple are now protected sites, though all six of them have lost many stones and sections of the original temples – as these were easy masonry to haul away for colonial era construction.

The Chaturmukha temple is notable for its symmetry. Its chaturasa style of architecture welcomes pilgrims from four cardinal directions. This style is found in a few Jain temples in Gujarat and a few Hindu temples such as one in Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh. In Gersoppa, dvarapalas are provided at each entrances, and the sanctum center has four Tirthankaras, each facing one entrance.

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Floor plan of the Digambar tradition Jain temple in northwest Karnataka

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