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CULTURAL CONTRIBUTION OF THE JAINA ART OF M.P.
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building several Jaina temples and statues. Badwani is known as Siddhanagara with several Jaina temples. An image of Adinatha, carved in the rock, is 26 metre high. On the hillock called Culagiri, there are twenty-two Jaina temples.
At Alirajpur in Jhabua district, several lovely Jaina statues and temples were carved.
At Vidisha, the ancient art-centre, temples and statuary continued to be made during the period. Images of Nagas and Nagis, and Yaksas and Yaksis of the period have been discovered at Vidisha. At Badoh and Pathari in the same district several Jaina temples, having some fine stone images, were made. At Samasgarh near Bhadbhada, district Bhopal, some colossal Tirthankara images and decorated architectural pieces of the thirteenth century have been found.
The Vindhya region (Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand) witnessed great activity of Jaina plastic art during the Medieval period. Mention may be made of Deogarh,
Thubon, Sonagiri, Dronagiri, Kundalpur, Papaura, Ahar, Rehli, Bina-Barha, Banpur, Barhata, Pajnari and several other sites, where extensive art-activity took place. At Thubon, Kundalpur Bina-Barha and Ahar, Building-work continued for a considerable length of time after the twelfth century A.D.
Bina-Barha, district, Sagar, 75 km. south-east of Sagar, is located on the bank of the river Sukhchain. It has two temples and a gandha-kuti. The first temple is that of Candraprabha. The image of the deity was installed in the temple in 1775 A.D. by Bhattaraka Mahendrakirti. In the temple is an image of Mahavira, about 4 metre high. The second temple is of Santinatha built in 1746. The image of Santinatha enshrined here is in Khadgasana and is over 5 m. high. The gandha-kuti is located at a considerable height.
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