Category:Jettappa Naikana Chandranathesvara Basti

Jattappa Naykana Chandranathesvara Basti temple 

A Kanarese-style historic Jain temple
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Instance of	Jain temple
Location	Uttara Kannada District, Belgaum division, Karnataka, India
Heritage designation	Monument of National Importance
14° 01′ 52.47″ N, 74° 38′ 13.23″ E
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Bhatkal is a small town in Kanara region of the northwestern Karnataka. It was a large historic trading hub during the Vijayanagara era, a period that witnessed the construction of numerous Jain and Hindu temples.

Bhatkal temples are notable for their unique style of Hindu and Jain architecture that is not in Vijayanagara style, but is an evolution in the Chalukyan style adapted to periods of heavy monsoon rains and humid environment. The design is best compared to the wooden temples with sloping tiered roof found in Nepal and Himachal Pradesh, but made with stone in Kanara. To help cooler air circulate, the architects used stone jali (perforated screens). This style is illustrated by three temples and over a dozen ruins near Bhatkal, all from 12th to 16th century. The Khetapai Narayana, Chandranathesvara Jain and Santappa Tirumal are the better preserved temples near Bhatkal. Some of the temple ruins such as pillars from are found near the Sultani masjid which used the broken Jain and Hindu temple parts as masonry.

The Jattapa Nayakana Chandranathesvara Basadi temple is about 10 kilometers from Bhatkal town as the crow flies (20 km along the winding mountain roads). It consists of a six pillared mandapa with perforated screen walls. The sanctum is dedicated to Rishabanatha and Mallinatha.

This is a category about ASI monument number N-KA-D268.