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Architectural Features of the Temple The main temple of Champapur Siddha Kshetra is quite old (about 2500 years). This symbolic temple of 'Panch Kalyanaka' is adorned with five altars, a magnificent spire and two famous columns.
The gateway to this temple is built in the hawamahal style of Jaipur (the pink city), it is large, attractive and artistic. An ancient "Adinath Jinalaya from the northeast" is also present on the southern campus, near the main temple. Here is also a Khadgasana idol 'Kushan periodic' of Lord Adinath, who is 2000 years old. These are many older idols present in this temple. In this temple, the statues of all twenty-four Tirthankars are present in marble collectively and this seems wonderful and unique.
The magnificent 61-feet high "Column of Dignity" is here and is one of the massive pillars of dignity present in eastern India. The four idols of Jin present in the upper part on the four sides of the column, the four idols are established respectively on four altars present in the central part of the column. Around these four altars, the 16 dreams are carved in marble that respected Tirthankar's mother before conceiving a child. "Tunks" of twenty-four Tirthankars are built around the three sides of this column of dignity. The first of these "Tunks", the temple of Bhagwan Bahubali is quite attractive. At the end of these twenty-four "Tunks" there are the standing images of "Ganadhar Mandar". Sri Mandar was the first Ganadhar of Bhagwan Vasupoojya.
Lord Shantinath temple with a magnificent idol of 9.25 feet tall and Lord Sri Mahavir Swami temple with a magnificent 7.25 foot tall idol are also present at this campus. Here is also the artistic temple decorated with a mirror, in which the idol 'Khadagasan' of Lord Parshvanath , 7.25 feet tall, crowned by 'seven snake caps' is installed.
A magnificent 'Jal Mandir' is also built here, in which a 16-foot tall idol of Lord Vasupoojya is established on a large lotus flower. The water is filled with an artificial lake around the altar. The huge umbrella marble is present above the idol.
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