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Bhatkal is a small town in the Kanara region of the northwestern Karnataka. It was a large historic trading hub during the Vijayanagara era, a period that witnessed the construction of numerous Jain and Hindu temples. It is notable for its unique style of Hindu and Jain architecture that is not in Vijayanagara style, but is an evolution in the Chalukyan style adapted to periods of heavy monsoon rains and humid environment.

The Kanarese architecture is best compared to the wooden temples with sloping tiered roof found in Nepal and Himachal Pradesh, but made with stone in Kanara. To help cooler air circulate, the architects used stone jali (perforated screens). This style is illustrated by three temples and over a dozen ruins near Bhatkal, all from 12th to 16th century. The Ketapai Narayana, Chandranathesvara Jain and Santappa Tirumal are the better preserved temples near Bhatkal. Some of the temple ruins such as pillars from are found near the Sultani masjid which used the broken Jain and Hindu temple parts as masonry.

The Santappa Nayak Tirumala is a small notable 16th century Hindu temple in a group of about six Kanarese-style Hindu temples of the same era, all nearby, for Shiva, Vishnu and Devi traditions. The Santappa temple is again with sloping stone-tiled roof surrounded by open colonnade to support the roof. The temple consists of two squares, measuring 32 feet by 16 feet. One 16x16 section is the mandapa, while the other includes a square sanctum surrounded by covered pradakshinapatha.

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