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to the north of Bāgalkõte, and not far off from Bādāmi, facing south, locally called Mēguļi, 'temple on elevation', is in its peculiarities and nomenclature, analogus to the Mēgudi Jaina shrine at Aihole, both being storeyed structures. It is fairly a huge structure of 69'x41', with flat roof, open vestibule, elongated hall, kapõta bandha moulded base, and notable for the way the walls are treated. Its tower-like super-structure of first-storey shrine-chamber has crumbled. But, rest of the handsome temple is better preserved. Its walls are decorated with narrow pilasters and large sized sculptures. Standing and somewhat mutilated figures of Jina Pārsva and Kāmadēva-Bāhubali at the karņas, cornerdivision, and bhadras, central offset, and the plain pañcaśākha door frame belong to the early period of Amoghavarşa-I, though the shrine may be dated to still earlier period.
8.5.2.1. Regarding the upper shrine, now not extant, ‘the Jains seem to have picked up this idea first introduced in the Meguti, though this upper shrine was added at a later date. In the basadis at Pattadakal and Hallur the upper shrine was included in the original plan itself. The other Jaina basadi of this period found at Aihole namely Settavva temple is also storeyed. These storeyed structures of the Jains were popularised during this period. The Gangas seem to have taken their cue from these structures when they decided to build the Chavundaraya Basadi at Sravanabelgola" (Rajasekhara, S: 17-18].
8.5.3. Bankūr(Gulbarg Dt, Citāpur Tk) has remarkable archaeological remains confirming that the place was a seat of Jaina prominence from the days of the Rāştrakūtas. Existing pañcakūța basadi was originally a trikūța, threeshrined, Jinālaya. A part of the temple, to the right of the gūdha mandapa, is being used as the residence of the priest. A small compact shrine to the left, with four plain pillars,
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