About
About Lord Shri Adinatha Basadi (Kattale Basadi)
- Year of establishment
- AD 1118
- Established by
- Gangaraja, general of Hoysala Vishnuvardhana, for his mother Pochavve
- Main deity
- Lord Adinatha
- Timings
- Usually open from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
- Location
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An inscription records that Gangaraja, general of Hoysala Vishnuvardhana, built this Basadi for his mother Pochavve in AD 1118; he also restored it. The Basadi has a sandhara-type sanctum, open vestibule, and spacious navaranga, with a circumambulatory passage around the sanctum. An image of Lord Adinatha is installed there. The vestibule is wider than the sanctum. Four principal pillars at the centre of the navaranga are rare Ganga types: tall and massive, they stand on square bases. The central ceiling bears a broad lotus surrounded by two rows of petals, together with painted linear designs in green, pale red, and white. As at Chamundaraya Basadi, stairs at the southeast corner lead upward. The exterior doorway lintel has kuta, shala, and panjara-niche ornament. When the Basadi was built and for a century or two afterward, an open space separated it from Chandragupta Basadi. After about the fifteenth century, an open hall was constructed joining the two. Because daylight once entered the shrine only with difficulty, it became popularly known as Kattale, or ‘Dark,’ Basadi.
