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JAIN
TEMPLES and sculpture |
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The Dilwara temple complex at
MOUNT ABU,
in the engraver's eye; although the *original
heartland of Jainism* was in Bihar and Bengal, Rajasthan and
Gujarat later became more important centers
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The Dilwara temples in early
photographs |
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The Dilwara temples, in some
modern visitors'
large photos |
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Just about as amazing is the
RANAKPUR temple
complex |
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The SHATRUNJAYA, or Palitana,
temple complex,
in Gujarat |
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Also in Gujarat are the GIRNAR
temples |
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The MUKTAGIRI temple complex, in
Madhya
Pradesh |
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The SONAGIRI temples, also in
Madhya Pradesh,
a Digambar pilgrimage site |
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GWALIOR itself has some huge
carvings of
tirthankars, and a number of temples as well |
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Many other temple sites are known,
though
some are nowadays only ruins |
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Images of tirthankaras have always
been
central to the tradition: there were freestanding ones, and others
carved
or installed within temples |
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The famous image of Gomateshvara,
or Bahubali,
at Shravana Belgola is one of the largest free-standing statues in the
world |
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A Jain image of the goddess
Sarasvati, carved
in 1153 by Jagadeva, who "aspired for fame" |
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A brass image of the paradise of
Nandishvara,
dedicated by a Gujarati woman named Srimantivai in 1416 |
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A few depictions of Jain religious
life |
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