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JAINA TIRTHAS IN INDIA
Plate 127 Figure 243 :-Carved panels on a mandovara of the main tukSatrunjaya.
Figure 244:-Main temple of Modi's tuk. This temple is one of the main shrines in the nine tuks.
Plate 128 Figure 245 :-General view of the Jaina temples on the Satrunjaya Hill. Figure 246 :-A sculpture from the Modi's tuk.
Plate 129 Figure 247 :-Niche on the right side of Modi's tuk-Satrunjaya.
Figure 248 :-Niche on the left side of Modi's tuk-Satrunjaya, Such beautiful sculptures are rather rarely seen on the Satrunjaya Hill.
Plate 130 Figure 249:-Interior of the Vimalavasahi-Satrunjaya. Figure 250:-A view of the Shetrunjee river-Satrunjaya.
Plate 131 Figure 251 :-Ceiling from Sri-Neminātha's Chori-Satrunjaya. This ceiling is found in the Neminātha's chori inside the Vimalayasahi tuk. The sculptor has depicted all the five kalyanaka incidents from the life of Neminatha.
Figure 252 :-Exterior of Kumārapāla's tuk, Satrunjaya (mediaeval period).
Plate 132 Figure 253 :- EXTERIOR OF THE GHETI'S PAGA-Satrunjaya. This has been recently repaired by the Sheth Anandji Kalyanji Pedhi. All the persons who are seen praying in the picture are members of the family of the editor of this book Mr. S. Nawab.
Figure 254 :-THE SILVER CHARIOT-Satrunjaya. This chariot is used by the Jainas in the procession of Jalayatra and the festival of the Kalyāņakas of the Jinas.
Plate 133 Figure 255 :-Sculptures on the left side of the main templeSatrunjaya. The sculptures show Brahmã fixed in the wall and a woman with a bow and arrows. Both the pictures appeal to the visitors by their artistic carving. A similar figure of a hunting woman is carved in the mandovara of the temple of Santinātha in the fort of Jesalmere.
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