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Helebid, Hampi, Bellery in Karnataka, Khajuraho, Nainagiri, Khandargiri, Chanderi, Deogarh, Sonagiri, Kundalpur, Thuvonji in M.P., Ajanta and Ellora caves, in Maharashtra, Khandgiri and Udayagiri caves and the Kharwel temples in Orissa. All these ancient temples together with idols are examples of captivating architectural and, sculptural tradition and command attention as ancient cultural centers of Jain religion.
Jain Temple, Dilwara, Mount Abu (10th Century AD)
Victoria and Albert museum and the British Museum in London, the Dahlem museum in Berlin and the Museum of Art in Los Angeles in U.S.A., in particular, are host to priceless collection of idols of Jain Tirthankars as well as Jain art.
Jainism has presented to the ordinary person the godhood represented by the idol of Tirthankaras- the perfected and enlightened human beings. It is this ideal of religion which can be easily understood by the common man. Renowned Jain scholarauthor Professor A. Chakravarti maintains that probably the
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