Moodbidri
Also known as: Mudabidri · Moodabidri · Jain Kashi
Called the Jain Kashi of the south for the density of its basadis. The Saavira Kambada Basadi — the thousand-pillar temple, fifteenth century — is the best known, built in a tiered timber-and-stone idiom that belongs to coastal Karnataka and nowhere else. Moodbidri also holds important palm-leaf manuscript collections.
- Digambar
- Tradition
- Kala kshetra
- Kind of kshetra
- Moodbidri
- Nearest town
- Not listed
- Staying there
Why this place
Called the Jain Kashi of the south for the density of its basadis. The Saavira Kambada Basadi — the thousand-pillar temple, fifteenth century — is the best known, built in a tiered timber-and-stone idiom that belongs to coastal Karnataka and nowhere else. Moodbidri also holds important palm-leaf manuscript collections.
Associated with
- Chandraprabha
Getting there
- By rail
- Mangaluru.
- By air
- Mangaluru.
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Sources
Every entry says where its facts came from. Community directories are often the only place a dharamshala or a landline is written down, so we keep them — and label them.
- Wikipedia — MoodabidriWikipedia