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the mean average height of these temples slightly increased during 800 AD to 1980 AD. The averahe height in case of north Indian style of temple is 15.79 M and in case of south Indian style of temple is 12.99M. If the height profile compared with Hindu temple, the average height of the Jain temple in this region of Bihar is 10.63 M, which is less than Hindu style of temple althought the style matching with the Hindu Temple style (Vardia, 2008).
6.4.2 Relation and comparison between the time of construction and the area
of Jain Temples in Bihar region.
Area of Temple (in Square Metre) →
8072 - 571.82
625
750.31 605.27
- 686.88 -387.3
381.02
397.8 298.61
329.4 - 267.63
315 216.71 230.51 267.63 - 344.84 302.76
295.65 199.38
230.18 164.16
- 210.6 - 127.15
+ - 143/98 -123.15 -99.78
112.68 107.48 - 135.25
117.47 - 143.44
-146.55 -74.77 57.51 - 106.18
-488.16
-140,5
918
155.75 174.24
96,82
115.2 - 112.32
70.34
- 65.92
-178.71 -147.87
158.76 37.49 66.56
28:58
-181.47 - 42.84
800 1750 1760 1780 1791 1820 1835 1850 1864 1870
1920 1935 1942 1950 1955 1957 1960 1962 1965 1970 1980
Year of Construction → (Average Area = 246.91 Sq.M., Range= 9.0 -1460.0 Sq.m.)
Figure: 6.33:- Graph 2- Time and Area graph of Jain temples of Bihar region.
Source: (Author)
It is observed that, overall temple area has decreased over a period of 12 centuries, as regards these 58 temples under our study. The average area is 249.91 Sq.M. The Tunks at Parasnath are the smallest in size, average size being 9.0 Sq.M. Sri Champapur Digamber Jain Siddha Kshetra Bada Mandir, Nathnagar is the largest temple, with area of 1460 Sq.M. Declining trend of the area is due to the less number of temple constructed in this region in recent time. As the population of Jain Community is lesser in these area but number of pilgrimage site are present. During the case study, number of new temples were under construction and number of temples is proposed at the sites Barakar, Parasnath, Patna, and in Vaishali.
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