Mandaragiri

Mandaragiri, also called Basadi-betta, is a Jain pilgrimage hill in Tumakuru district, Karnataka, named after Mallinatha. On its summit, inside a massive stone wall painted with images of the Tirthankaras, stand four 12th-century temples and a stupa. One temple has no image; the other three honour Chandraprabha, Parshvanatha and Suparshvanatha. The stupa enshrines a stone slab carved with footprints, and there is also a large manastambha. The old entrance, now part of the back wall, is flanked by pillars carved with elephants and a seated Tirthankara.

Two lakes, Maidala Kere and Padmavati Kere, lie near the hilltop complex; a ruined temple with a large Tirthankara image stands by the first, and eight goddess images lie scattered by the second. At the foot of the hill, the 81-foot Guru Mandir to Acharya Shantisagar is shaped like a pinchi, the peacock-feather fan of Digambara monks, hence its names pinchi temple and peacock temple. A 21-foot monolithic Chandraprabha stands beside it.