English: This is a JPEG format plan and architectural drawing of a historic Indian temple or monument. An alternate SVG format (scalable vector graphics) version of this file – for web graphics, design studies, print, dynamic and interactive applications – has also been uploaded to wikimedia commons.

The drawing and location of the monument:

• Kambadahalli is a village in Karnataka, about 20 kilometers east of Shravanabelagola.

• The Pancakuta Basti temple at Kambadahalli is a 10th-century temple of the Western Ganga era, one embellished in 11th and 12th century by the Hoysalas.

• It was constructed in two stages. The three sanctums that share a mandapa at the southern end of the group was completed in the first phase. These have a square griva-sikhara, but each sanctum illustrate three styles – Brahmachhanda, Rudrachhandagriva-sikhara, and the Vishnuchhanda griva-sikhara – as described in historic Sanskrit vastu texts.

• The second phase construction added a pillared closed mandapa and porch, with two lateral sanctums facing each other. This plan reflects a samachaturasa shrine with vestibules.

• The main entrance opens to the north and features a gopura.

• The temple is notable for its statues and artwork. However, they show significant signs of deliberate damage that is seen in Jain and Hindu monuments all over Karnataka and Deccan region (broken limbs, defacement, chopped sexual organs). Some of statues were excavated here from mounds around the temple. The temple has been cleaned up and restored after the 1950s.

• The temple's architectural plan follows the square and circle principle found in historic Sanskrit texts.

• GPS location of the monument:

12° 52′ 03.6″ N, 76° 38′ 00.8″ E

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12.867667; 76.633556

• The relative scale and relative dimensions in this architectural drawing are close to the actual but neither exact nor complete. The plan illustrates the design and layout, but some intricate details or parts of the temple may not be shown. In cases where exact measurements were not feasible, the drawing uses best approximations and rounds the best measurements feasible. This floor plan does not show some additional Digambara Jain structures near the temple.

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