Other Jain Temples in Moodbidri
Moodabidri is noted for its 18 Jains Temples-
- Guru basadi is the earliest of the Jain monuments. A stone idol of Parshwanatha, about 3.5 metres tall, is installed in the sanctum of this basadi. Here the rare Jain palm leaf manuscripts of 12th century A.D. known as ‘Dhavala texts’ are preserved.
- Vikram Shetty Basadi
- Mahadeva Shetty Basadi
- Chola Shetty Basadi
- Koti Shetty Basadi
- Derma Shetty Basadi
- Ammanavara Basadi
Read more about this topic: Saavira Kambada Basadi
Famous quotes containing the word temples:
““To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his gods,”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)