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Sankighatta
Sankighatta, The name comes from Settra + Ghatta = Settraghatta and is pronounced as Sankighatta. In Kannada language Settra (Settru family) + Ghatta (Place) literal meaning is ""place of Settru"". Dallina Vardaman Mahaveera Thirtankara is the Lord Mahaveer Swamy Jain Basadi/temple in Karnataka, south India. Sankighatta was a historic Jain center and was under the control of Settru family, the Samantha Rajas & descendants of Hoysala Kings. They also controlled surrounding places like Kalya (Kalyana pura), Kunigal, Magadi, Savandurga, Hebbur, Mayasandra, Settikere, Veerasagara, Srigiripura, Shivaganga hills, Biskuru, etc..