Taranga Jain Temple | Gujarat | India

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Marathaman

Discussion Starter · Jun 23, 2009 (Edited)

It was constructed in 1121 by the Solanki dynasty king Kumarpal, advised by his teacher Acharya Hemachandra. A 2.75 m marble statue of Adinatha is the central idol. The compound consists of 14 temples in all, five of which are from the Digambar sect.

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Arpels

· #2 · Jun 23, 2009

its a big complex of temples :uh: it was clean recently according to the pics in the first post? 10/10

Marathaman

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jun 23, 2009 (Edited)

Arpels said:
its a big complex of temples :uh: it was clean recently according to the pics in the first post? 10/10

Yes, it was cleaned recently. Somehow it survived destruction/vandalism because of its remote location.

You can make out in the older pics, the rock had blackened with age.

VaastuShastra

· #4 · Jun 23, 2009

Awesome!

LMCA1990

· #5 · Jun 24, 2009

9/10

Arpels

· #6 · Jun 24, 2009

Marathaman said:
Yes, it was cleaned recently. Somehow it survived destruction/vandalism because of its remote location.

You can make out in the older pics, the rock had blackened with age.

thanks

kay: I tough the complex it was protected by a wall or something close :yes:

Marathaman

Discussion Starter · #7 · Jun 26, 2009 (Edited)

Older picture - prior to restoration:

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Marathaman

Discussion Starter · #8 · Jun 26, 2009 (Edited)

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TeslaCoil

· #9 · Jun 26, 2009

freakin' detailed art piece. how long did it take them to build that???

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Marathaman

Discussion Starter · #10 · Jun 26, 2009 (Edited)

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Marathaman

Discussion Starter · #11 · Jun 27, 2009

TeslaCoil said:
freakin' detailed art piece. how long did it take them to build that???

10/10

I couldn't find any information on that. It probably took a good number of years judging by the prolific sculpture.

7kuna

· #12 · Jun 28, 2009

10/10

Popiel

· #13 · Jul 4, 2009

8/10

Jan Del Castillo

· #14 · Jul 26, 2009

10. Excellent. Regards.

Nikkodemo

· #15 · Jul 31, 2009

10/10

henry hill

· #16 · Aug 3, 2009

9,5/10

UAE'er

· #17 · Aug 8, 2009

such details! wonder how it would look if it had a winder base, think it would look better
and how about demolising the surrounding ugly buildings and some landscaping >.>

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Marathaman

Discussion Starter · #18 · Aug 9, 2009 (Edited)

What do you mean by wider base?

I agree that they should probably replace those concrete structures with traditional buildings, but someone has to fund that.

UAE'er said:
such details! wonder how it would look if it had a winder base, think it would look better
and how about demolising the surrounding ugly buildings and some landscaping >.>

9/10

Srdjan Adamovic

· #19 · Aug 10, 2009

8/10

Juan Pilgrim

· #20 · Aug 10, 2009

9.5

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