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AND THEIR ARCHITECTURE to built this fine and spacious Jaina temple which attracts every visitor to Calcutta.
Figue 146 :-JAINA TAMPLE AT GUNIYAJI NEAR Patna where SriGautamasvāmi the first disciple of Sri-Mahāvīrasvāmi, the 24th Tirthnkara was born.
Plate 76 Figure 147 :-General view of the Jalamandira at Pāvāpuri.
Figure 148 :-JALAMANDIRA AT PAVAPURI as seen through the main entrance of the colonnade. Mahäviraswāmī, the last Tirthankara, who promulgated the doctrine of ahimsa entered Nirvana at the spot where the Jalamandira is built. The temple is in the centre of a lake, and is reached by a beautiful colonnade built by the Jainas.
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Plate 77 Figure 149:-SITA-NALA ON THE SAMETASIKHARA where twenty out of the twenty-four Tirthankaras of the Jainas entered nirvana. This Sira-nālā is at a distance of three miles on the way that takes up to the summit.
Figure 150:-SCENERY ON SAMETASIKHARA, showing the dense forest in the back ground and the pilgrims on their way.
Plate 78 Figure 151 :-Bird's-eye view of the Sametasikhara Hill.
Figure 152:-MAIN TEMPLE (Jalamandira --SAMETASIKHARA. Padukas are established at every spot where each one of the twenty Tirthankaras attained Nirvana. Jina images are enshrined only in this Jalamandira.
Plate 79 Figure 153 :-THE NIRVANA-BHUMI OF PARSVANATHA on the Sametasikhara or the place where Parsvanatha, the 23rd Tirthankara attained Nirvana. The temple is on the highest point of the Hill and can be seen for iniles.
Figure 154 :-ACHALAGADHA with the Jina shrines. Achalagadha is at a distance of a few miles from Delwāda (Abu) and a general view of the Jaina temples is given here.
Plate 80 Figure 155 :-METAL PARIKARA FROM PATAN. This artistically carved Parikara is in the collection of Sri-Muni-Punyavijayaji of Patan. Its back bears an inscription which reads :
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