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High medieval · Jain · India
Kamal Basadi
ಕಮಲ ಬಸದಿ
Belagavi, Karnataka · 15.8581°, 74.5214°
NeminathaRattaWestern Chalukya
Sacred since
1204 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 1204 (Ratta)
Ratta
History & significance
A Jain temple inside Belgaum fort built about 1204 by Birchiraja, an officer of the Ratta ruler Kartavirya IV, under the guidance of the monk Subhachandrabhattarakadeva; its black image of Neminatha stands beneath a carved lotus ceiling. Inscriptions of 1205 recording further work are now with the Royal Asiatic Society in Mumbai.