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The
manastambha in front of the parshwanatha basadi has a pavilion on the
top containing standing Jina figures facing four directions. A
manastambha differes from a Brahmadeva pillar which has a seated
figure of Brahma yaksha at the top. This pillar is sculptured on all
the four sides of the base and contains the figure of Padmavathi on
the south, Yaksha on the east, seated Kushmandini on the north and a
galloping horseman (the emblem of Brahmadeva) on the west. It was
set up by a Jaina merchent Puttaiya, during the rule of the Mysore
King Chikka Deva Raja Wodeyar (1672-1704 A.D.), who is also stated
to have erected the enclosing wall of the temple area.
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