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No 11 Jain Temples, Monks and Nuns in Poona City
29 There are ten idols in this temples and the management is wholly in the hands of the Dig. This temple is owned by Shree Haribhai Deokarana The chief idol is that of $? Try the 8th erst There are so many other minor idols also. All the big idols are made of white marble. They are not at all decorated and are without any garment. No flowers or any other decorations are seen. The Dig. simply worship the feet of the idol. There was a flach mark on the breast of the idol
The idol gives us the date as FTT 1548. The building of the temple does not appear very old and it may be that the idol is older than the temple itself. The exact date of it cwuld not be found out and one Mr. Gangarain Pandit told me that the temple was built in the regime of the Peshwas.
श्री शांतिनाथ दिगंबर जैन मंदिर (Raviwar Peth)
This is a two-storeyed building managed by Mr Mohanlal Saraf. On the ground floor there are four idols made of white marble. They are naked and have no ornaments. The chief idol is that of sp?grifar the 16th rater. All the idols were seated?!, and there was the Space mark on the breast of them. The building was built in TE P998. The plinth on which the idols were seated was built in 77% 894
This temple is also without any decorations. Digs believe that the ale bts require no ornaments. Here also I could find that only the feet of the idols were worshipped and not the whole figure as is done by the Svet. silgaferrauiffe ferin hatala sta difet (846 Raviwar Peth) -
This is a two-storeyed building which has an appearance of a house rather than of a temple. It has no grandeur about it.
On the ground foor there are eight idols. Seven are made of white marble and one is made of black marble. The main idol is that of gifw979. There were no ornaments on the image and sandal wood paate was applied only to the feet of the तीर्थकर.
21. In all the Svet, and Dig. temples here I could not find a standing idol of a de
