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other statues of men and women are seen with materials of worship in hand. In fine, the elephant room contains fifteen images of Jina, two figures of Jain monks, ten of śravakas, fifteen of grāvikās and ten elephants.
Like the temple of Vimala Shah, this temple contains about forty-seven cells in which the images of one or more Tirthankaras are set up. In cell number one, there is an image of Ambikādevi. In cell number nine, there is an image of Neminatha and a scene from Neminatha's life after his renunciation. In cell number eleven, there is a scene of Neminatha's marriage. In cell number fourteen, there is a scene from the life of Santinatha, the 16th Tirthankara, In cell number thirty-two, there are four beautifully carved images of goddesses.
Besides these scenes, we find several scenes from the life of Krishna as well as pictures of animate and inanimate objects in various parts of the temple. One thing we must not fail to note is the niches popularly known to be built by the wives of Vastupala and Tejahpāla. In reality, they were built by Tejahpāla for the good of his wife Suhadadevi's soul. They are beautifully carved. In them, there are images of Jinas, Jain monks, men, birds and beasts.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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