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JAINA TIRTHAS IN INDIA
This volume contains Jaina shrines, icons and sculptures from famous holy Jaina places like Satruñjaya, Girnar, Tārangā, Rāṇakpur, Talājā, Kadambagiri, Sametasikhara, Pavapuri, Lucknow, Calcutta, Kshatriyakunda, Rājagṛihi etc. I am greatly indebted to Shriman Anandji Kalyānji's Pedhi, the Young Men's Jaina Society, the Archaeological Survey of India, the State Archaeological Department of Baroda, Editor of the Jaina at Bhavanagar for giving me some of the photographs. My thanks are also due to the Kumar Printery and the Bharata Process Studio for the preparation of the Blocks. To the former my additional thanks are due for the fine printing of the Book work.
My cordial thanks are due to the famous Indologist Sri Jinavijayaji, who has always affectionately encouraged my literary activities, for the foreward he has written to this volume, and to Mr. Ravishankar Rawal who has penned the introduction to this volume in order to introduce lovers of art to it, so also to Mr. A. S. Gadre M. A. Director of Archaeological Deprt. of Baroda state for translating this work in English.
The illustrations in this volume include the images of the Tirthankaras, venerable to the Jainas, of presiding deities, and of holy Jaina monuments. The publisher himself is a Jaina. It is his earnest appeal to all not to use or reproduce these pictures for any purpose without his express permission.
Only one hundred fifty copies of this volume have been struck off, which means that the publisher would not be able to make any profit out of it. Still the volume has been published to enable devout Jainas to see their holy places in one book every morning and in order to give the lovers of art a glimpse into Jaina architecture. Hence I implore every purchaser not to keep it negligently anywhere or to be careless enough to throw it in any place.
Nagaji Bhudhar's Pol, Ahmedabad, 18-12-1944 V. S. 2001 Posa Su. 3.
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