Stunning artistry of Replicated Murals .
In the year 1971 , Lalitha Kala Akademi hand picked 11 well trained artists and commissioned them to replicate the dying murals of a Jain hermitage in Shravanabelagola . Mathada Basadi ,located in the middle of Shravanabelagola Town is not visited by many people , as only the hillocks with their awesome shrines are better known . But it has a hoary heritage value too . Aslo known as Charukeerthi Matha, it was founded by Chavundaraya in the eleventh century. The present structure, though, was built only in late 18th century. This mutt houses a good collection of sculptures of jain divinities . The walls are the most eyecatching . They are richly decorated with murals narrating the lives of Jinas and Jaina kings. These are the murals that were sought to be preserved by Lalitha Kala Akademi . The murals were created on wet plaster with mineral and vegetable pigments , the palette confined to the Panchavarnas , or the five auspicious colours : red, yellow, green