Barkur S. O.

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Kattale Basad KA
Date of introduction: 17-JAN-2015

Barkur is a cluster of 3 villages (Hosala, Hanehalli, Kachoor) in Udupi the Jain Basadi unlike most
district of the Karnataka. The place is located on the bank of river Seeta. South Indian temples built in
It is located 16 km from Udupi. the Dravidian style, does not
have a gopuram.The sanctorum
Kattale Basadi or basadi in Barkur is an ancient Jain temple. A 20-feet
is surrounded by stone walls
monolithic stone pillar is erected at the entrance. The temples were
otherwise known as Prangan,
elegantly designed with carvings and embellishments but are now in
with sloping stone pillars over it.
ruins.
The original Mahavira idol was
destroyed but has been
replaced by stone tablets with
Lion figures that are a later
addition. Katthale Basadi
consists of Navranga with
Nagkaali, Shiva, Vishnu and Jain
deities with separate temples. It
proves the existence of
The twenty-four dents in the stone are the only evidence of the existence changing kingdoms with various
of idols of the twenty-four Jain thirthankaras. There are three main rulers trying to control the city
structures in a big courtyard with a victory pillar at the entrance. Built both politically and in terms of
between the 8th and 12th Century A.D. by the Alupa rulers, religion.

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