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Sanpur : Restoration of a Jain temple built in about the twelfth century.
Abu: Mount Abu contains shrines of the Jain TirthankarasDilwara temples are Jain-The temple of Vimala Sah, known as the Vimalvasahi, is sacred to Adinātha and was completed in 1088 V. E. (1031)-The other temple is that of Vastupala and Tej-pala built in 1287 V. E. (1271) and is dedicated to Neminatha-In addition to these, there are several other temples of Svetāmbara Jains, such as threestoried temple of Chaumukhji, the temple of Sāntinátha and a temple of Digambara Jains.
Achalgarh: The brothers Vastupala and Tejpala were Jains, yet there is evidence to shew that they restored several Śiva templesTemple of Santinātha near the mausoleum of Raja Man of Sirohi-It was built by Solanki Rāja Kumārpāla and contain three images, one of which bears an inscription dated 1302 V.E. (1245)-On the hill the shrine of Kunthunātha and temple of Pārsvanātha, Neminātha and Ādinātha.
Oria: A lain temple of Mahavira Svâmi stands in this village.
P. 51 n. The inscription of the Palri Jain temple dated 1239 V.E. (1182), the inscription in the Jain temple of Bagingaon dated 1359 V.E. (1302) and another show that even during the ascendency of the Parmārs the part of the country north of the Sirohi town was in the possession of Chauhāns. An inscription dated 1289 V.E. (1232) has also been found in the temple of Sāntinātha in Sewara ; this is of the time of Deora Bijai Singh.
305 PUTTAIYA, B. Maharaja Chikkadevaraja Wodeyar of Mysore. (QJMS, xi, 1921, pp. 97-112).
Pp. 99-100. Vishalaksha Pandit of Yelandur, a Jain, was a tutor of Chikkadevarāja ; when he came to the throne, the Jain Pandit became his chief minister-Story that the king met a number of Lingāyat leaders the massacre of Lingayats & destruction of their Mutts which is attributed to the Tain Pandit who was subsequently murdered.
