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The
Mangai Basadi dedicated to Shantinatha consists of a garbhagriha, a
sukhanasi and a navaranga. An inscribed image of Vardhamana is
placed in one of the cells of the navaranga. In front of the basadi
are two well carved elephants. The basadi was built in about 1325
A.D. by Mangai of Belagola, a disciple of Charukeerthi Panditacharya
and crest jewel of royal dancing girls and it was named Tribhuvana
Chudamani.
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