Parsvanatha Basadi, Hassan, Karnataka

This basadirepresenting a temple was built by Boppa Deva, son of Gangaraja, a feudatory of HoysalaVishnuvardhana in A.D. 1133. The construction and consecration of the temple coincided with the victory of the ruler and the birth of Narasimha I as royal heir to the throne, thereby the deity being named as VijayaParsvanatha. Built in north-south orientation, the temple has on plan a sanctum housing 0.46 m tall ParsvanathaTirthankara, an ardhamandapa, a mahamandapawhich has highly polished lathe-turned pillars and a separate pillared mandapain front. Austere to the faith the temple in its elevation has slender pilasters breaking the monotony over the typical mouldedadhishthana. The pillared mandapain front supports at the centre an ornate sunken ceiling with the sculpture of YakshaDharanendra which is repeated in the mahamandapaas well. Well sculptured Yaksha and Yakshi sculptures are placed against the western wall of the mahamandapa.