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60/The Later Gangas: Mandali-Thousand
On the basis of the inscriptions, it is seen that nearly forty Jaina temples were built during the rule of the Mandalināḍ mahāmaṇḍaleśvaras. Unfortunately most of these Jain temples are not traceable now. Some of them are converted and the rest are destroyed. All the basadis of the Mandali-Thousand sub-division were attached to the Pattadabasadi, the crown temple, olim Mandali-tirthada-basadi, chief of all temples in the province.
Following is the list of some main basadis recorded in the charters:
1. Paṭṭa Jinālaya on the Maṇḍalihill, built by the founders of Gangavāḍi kingdom, Dadiga and Madhava in C.E. 350, but renovated from time to time; a detailed discussion of its significance will follow.
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Kuruli basadi, commissioned by Nanniya Ganga Permmāḍi deva-II.
to 28. Nanniya (satya) Ganga Permmāḍideva erected 25 caityalayas at different places.
29-30. Jinaśāsanadevi goddess Padmavatidevi temples; one on the Mandali-hill and the other at Asandi. About the nature and importance of the deity Padmavatidevi, a seperate subchapter is earmarked.
31. Harige, capital town of Hermmāḍideva, had a basadi.
32. Tattikere, an important town, had a basadi. The earliest reference of it comes from a charter of eleventh century (IWG: No. 150, pp. 468-70).
33-34. Two basadis at Nellavatti, another place of prominence. All the above four Jinālayas at Nos 31, 32, 33 and 34, were caused to be made by Perggade Nokkayya, a minister of Mandalināḍ. In particular the basadi built by Nokkayya in the midst of the big tank at Taṭṭekre, shone like a mountain of gods surrounded by the divine river; the Jinabhavana at Nellavatti resembled the Vimana of the season.
35. A Jaina temple at Kalamburu-nagara was erected by the governor of that nagara, Barmmiseṭṭi. For the gifts of food
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