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Late medieval · Jain · India
Chaturmukha Basadi
ಚತುರ್ಮುಖ ಬಸದಿ, ಗೇರುಸೊಪ್ಪೆ
Gerusoppa, Karnataka · 14.2287°, 74.6647°
Rishabhanatha, Ajitanatha, Sambhavanatha and AbhinandananathaSaluvaWestern Chalukya
Sacred since
1562 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1562 (Saluva chiefs of Gerusoppa)
Saluva
History & significance
A four-faced Jain shrine of 1562 built in the reign of Rani Chennabhairadevi, the long-ruling queen of Gerusoppa known as the Pepper Queen. Gerusoppa was a Jain capital under the Saluva chiefs, and this is one of only a handful of its temples still standing.