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Carving and
Sculpture on Interior of Cave
29%
Simple cave
57%
Exterior carving and features
14%
Figure: 6.16- Internal / External features Khandgiri Caves. Source: (Author)
6.3 Elements of Jain Temples of Bihar Region
Fifty-eight temples of Bihar and Jharkhand were documented. Various elemnets of these structures like plan form, elevational form, type of roofs, roof height, carving type, orientation, style of Vedi, principal building material and finish are discussed in the following section. Table containing the detailed information about these parameters are detailed at Annexure III and V.
As it is known that, Jain community is divided into two major sects Digamber and Swetamaber. In this region, temples belonging to both the sect are present. Out of fiftyeight Jain temples of Bihar and Jharkhand surveyed under this study, it was found that 66% of the temples are of the followers of Digamber Sect of Jainism, and the rest 34 % belongs to Swetamber Sect.
Swetamber
34%
Digamber
66%
Figure: 6.17 - Distribution of temple between Digamber and Swetamber.
Source: (Author)
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