Temple info -3810. Shanthinatha Basadi, Jinanathapura,Hassan. சாந்திநாத பாசடி, ஜீனாநாத்புரா, ஹாசன்
Temple info -3810 கோயில் தகவல்-3810 Shantinatha Basadi, Jinanathapura. The Shantinatha Basadi, also known as Shantishvara Basadi, is a historic Jain temple dedicated to Shantinatha, the sixteenth Tirthankara, located in the village of Jinanathapura approximately 2 kilometers north of Shravanabelagola in the Hassan district of Karnataka, India. Constructed around 1200 CE during the reign of Hoysala king Veera Ballala II, it was commissioned by the Hoysala general Recana (also referred to as Rechana or Recimayya), who dedicated the structure to his spiritual teacher, the Jain monk Sagaranandi Siddhantadeva. This temple stands as a rare and ornate example of Hoysala architectural influence on Jain sacred spaces, blending the dynasty's signature elaborate stonework with traditional Jaina iconography and restraint. Situated at the northern base of Chandragiri Hill, the basadi emerged in a region with deep roots in Jainism, tracing back to the third century BCE when Emperor Chand...