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Chaturmukha Basadi, Gerusoppa Chaturmukha Basadi is a symmetrical Jain temple located in Gerusoppa in Honnavar Taluk of Uttara Kannada district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The temple is situated near the banks of the Sharavati.[1] Constructed in 1562 during the reign of Rani Chennabhairadevi, the temple is one of the principal surviving monuments of Gerusoppa, which developed as an important Jain political and religious centre under the Saluva rulers.[2][3] History The territory of Gerusoppa was a Jain capital during 1409–1610 CE ruled by the Saluva dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire.[4][3][1] Gerusoppa, historically associated with Nagire, became an important centre of Jain political power and religious patronage in coastal Karnataka. The Saluva chiefs who ruled the region were patrons of Jainism, and a number of Jain monuments and inscriptions survive from their period of rule.[3][5] It is said that 1,084 temples existed in the region, but were destroyed and presently only six remain.[6] In 1865, the veranda roof, the spire and the floor slabs were carted away by tehsildars from Honnavar for construction of another temple.[7][8][9] Nineteenth-century archaeological accounts already recorded the extensive remains of Jain monuments at Gerusoppa. Burgess and Cousens described several surviving basadis and sculptures, demonstrating that the Chaturmukha Basadi formed part of a substantially larger Jain religious complex.[5] There is an inscription dated from the 16th century that mentions Rani Chennabhairadevi's (popularly called the "Pepper Queen")[note 1] ascension to power.[4][12] The chaturmukha temple was constructed in 1562 CE during the reign of Chennabhairadevi.[2] Chennabhairadevi ruled Gerusoppa during the second half of the 16th century and was a Jain ruler whose reign coincided with an important period of Jain religious and cultural patronage in the region.[13][4] The temple therefore belongs to the late medieval phase of Jain architecture in coastal Karnataka, considerably later than the architectural tradition from which some of its stylistic features were derived. Gerusoppa also received royal patronage from the Hoysala Empire.[14]