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took place which caused a tremendous loss to Mandor. At 22Apresent there are 3 Jain temples of Rikhabdeva, Parshvanath and Shantinath. In V.E. 1722 (1665 A.D.) Bhandbari Bhan's grand son and Narayan's son Tarachand installed the icon of Parshvanath there. This family is quite famous for constructing a temple named Svayambhu-Parshvanath at Kaparada in the year V.E. 1678. A branch of Kharatargachchha was also developed from Mandor. Ghanghani :
Ghanghani and Ghangbanak are the two old Jain sites of Marwar. An Adinath icon discovered at Ghanghani has an inscription dating V.E. 937 (880 A.D.), which records23 that it was consecrated by Vachhahaladeva, a pupil of Udyotan Suri. It is one of the important Jain icons of Rajasthan.
Ghanghaniak or Ghanghana is another site having Chauhan monuments. It has yielded several inscriptions. An inscription of V.E. 1241 (1184 A.D.) commemorates24 donation of half a dramma monthly from the Mandapika of Mandor by Bhandari Gunadhar and others to bear the expenses of the Granthi (Varsha-Granthi) celebration of Mahavir. Other inscriptions dating V. E. 1249 record25 certain donations to the Jain temples.
Kaparada :
Kaparada is a famous site situated on the main road leading from Jodhpur to Bilara. The massive structure of the ancient temple here is visible from distant places It was built by Bhandhari26 Bhana in V.E. 1678 (1621 A.D.) and the icon known as SvayambhuParshvanath was installed in the temple. Its Parikar was however added in V.E. 1688 (1631 A.D.) when it was consecrated by Jin Chandra Suri of Kharatargachchha.
22A, Jain Tirth Sarva Sangraha Vol. I Pt. I pp. 162-163. 23. Nahar II No. 1709, 24. Jin Vijay No. 429. 25. Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal (NS) 1915. 26. Lalit Vijay-Kaparada Tirth pp. 8-9/Gyan Suodar-Kaparada Ka Itihas
pp. 40-45/Multapmal Jain Kaparadaji ka Itihas pp: 27-28.
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