The Jain Temples of Jaisalmer
Thursday, March 26, 2009This is out of my Rajasthan archive. (And i say archive because I've clicked hundreds and hundreds of pictures of the state and its many palaces , forts and temples) The pictures I took of Rajasthan are special to me. And i wanted this post to be special. I'm very moved and grateful about the hearty response I got to Robyn's post and so here's a bit of beautiful Rajasthan just to say my many thanx to each one of you who reads this blog regularly & appreciates it.
The 12th century Jain temples of Jaisalmer were quite a study for me cause despite living in Bombay which has more than its fair share of Jains and Jain temples, I had never been to one. So going to this cluster of Jain temples (some 4 of them) gave me a bit of an idea of the common elements one gets to see in a Jain temple. I'm a lay person & don't presume to give an exact account and information of the temple, but this is what I saw. And a bit of research on the net is where the rest of the information comes from.
The 12th century Jain temples of Jaisalmer were quite a study for me cause despite living in Bombay which has more than its fair share of Jains and Jain temples, I had never been to one. So going to this cluster of Jain temples (some 4 of them) gave me a bit of an idea of the common elements one gets to see in a Jain temple. I'm a lay person & don't presume to give an exact account and information of the temple, but this is what I saw. And a bit of research on the net is where the rest of the information comes from.
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The 'Torana Dwar' or main archway is a common feature in a lot of Jain Temples.
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