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Khoh (Nagauriyan):
Situated near Jaipur city. Khoh was a prosperous site during the pre-medieval times. There was a 10th century inscription engraved on a stepwell, which has now been fully defaced and only a few letters are visible. There are old Shvetambar Jain temples of Shantinath and Chandra Prabh. An icon was installed there in V. E. 1521 (1464 A. D.) by Bhandari Oswal. It was consecrated by Hema chandra Suri of Vrihatagachchha. An inscription of V. E. 1557 (1500 A.D.) is engraved by Pragvat Khimsi and Sahsa on the pedestal of an image of Neminath. The temples have remained in constant worship, as is evident from the icons of V. E. 1785 (1725 A. D.) installed in the Chandra Prabh temple of this place. This place is different from Banskho, where a big Pratishtha ceremony was arranged in V.E. 1783 by Dip chand son of Sanghvi Vijayraj.
Malpura:
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Malpura is a famous ancient site situated 90 Kms. away from Jaipur. There are two Shvetambar and a few Digambar Jain temples. Dadawadi of the place is also famous. Muni Suvrita Swami's massive temple was constructed in V. E. 1672 by Malpura Sangha under the instructions of Bhanu chandra and Siddhi chandra. The inscription of the33 temple dated V. E. 1672 records that Bhanuchandra and Siddhichandra were venerated by Akbar, who bestowed the title of Upadhyaya upon Bhanuchandra33 (Patisaha Shri Akbar-Pradapit-Upadhyaya Pada-Dharaka) and some other title upon Sidhichandra. Originally this temple was In V. E. dedicated to Chandraprabha. Its Sutradhar was Parasa. 1691 the temple was renovated by some Shrimal Jain Shresthi and an icon of Muni Suvrita was installed as a Mulanayak. The inscription of V. E. 1672 has the words "Prasada-Karita. Similarly the inscription of 1691 mentions" Jin-Bhavan-Saha-Shri34 Muni-Suvrita Bimbam-Karita". This shows that the temple was renovated only
33. Vinay Sagar No. 1107.
34. ibid 1187/also edited in Jain Satya Prakash No. 58 Vir-Vani Vol, X p. 163 and 174,
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