sacred places of scripture) because 10th century Jain Acharya Nemichandra composed Gommatsāra here.

[citation needed] In c. 12th-century CE, a pillared porch was added to the temple complex.

[9] Chavundaraya basadi is a 68 by 36 feet (21 m × 11 m) two-story shrine with a shikhara built-in Dravidian style.

This temple is the largest shrine in Shravanabelagola with ornamental niches with figures of yakshi and Jain monks in padmasan posture.

[10] The temple is protected as a monument of national importance by the Archaeological Survey of India.