Kere Basadi, Varanga

Kere Basadi, the lake temple, also called Chaturmukha Basadi, stands in the middle of a lake at Varanga village in Udupi district, 26 km from Karkala. It dates from the 12th century, and the only way to it is by boat. Built in the chaturmukha style with four entrances, it holds a four-faced image of Parshvanatha, Neminatha, Shantinatha and Anantanatha facing the cardinal directions, with Parshvanatha as the main deity, along with an image of Padmavati. Devotees believe worship here brings prosperity, and some visit before marriage.

Varanga also has a Jain matha, an offshoot of the Humcha Matha, thought to go back to the 8th–9th century. A 1424 inscription in the 9th-century Neminatha Basadi records a visit and land grant by the Vijayanagara king Deva Raya II; that temple has a 5-foot black Neminatha and a 12th-century monolithic manastambha 45 feet tall. A five-day chariot festival is held each February, and on Vijayadashami a Padmavati procession recalls the king's visit.