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Early medieval · Jain · India
Chavundaraya Basadi
Shravanabelagola, Karnataka · 12.8617°, 76.4868°
NeminathaWestern GangaDravidian
Sacred since
982 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
982 CE (Western Ganga)
Western Ganga
History & significance
A Jain temple on Chandragiri hill at Shravanabelagola, raised in 982 CE by the Ganga minister Chavundaraya during the reign of Marasimha II and completed by his son Jinadeva. Its sanctum holds an image of Neminatha, and the temple is also called Sruta-tirtha because the acharya Nemichandra is said to have composed the Gommatsara here.