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SHRI SHATRUNJAY GIRIRAJ DARSHAN IN
SCULPTURES AND ARCHITECTURE
PART 3
EXPLANATORY NOTES ON THE PLATES IN THE BOOK
Plate No. 1: A panaromic view of Shri Shatrunjay Giriraj from Palitana railway station. This plate gives us a fine view of Shri Giriraj from the bridge side including the town Palitana.
Plate No. 2 : This is the photograph of the First Tirthankar, Shri Aadishwara. In the present 'Avasarpini' period Shri Shatrunjay Giriraj had sixteen renovations. The 16th renovation was devotionally done by Karmasha on Vaishakh Vad 6, Vikram Samvat 1587 and on that day he established the idol of Shri Aadishwara Bhagwan. Its "Parikara" group was carved at Ahmedabad, which was established in V.S. 1670. There is a beautiful silver Jali and lamps arranged on the staircase.
Plate No. 3 : This is a scene of a 'Patta' of Tirtharaja Shri Shatrunjay. There is a holy tradition in Jainism to depict the 'Pattas' of Tirtharaja Shri Shatrunjay, in stone or on cloth. There are different methods to paint this 'Patta'. In this 'Patta' a panaromic view from Jay Taleti to Navatuk is depicted.
the Nandiswas coming to in this before V.S.
Plate No. 4 : This is a beautifully painted 'Patta' of Shri Giriraj in V.S. 1780. The 'Patta' of Shri Shatrunjay Giriraj is painted in 10' x 6' on a wooden frame in the Nandiswara Dwipa temple situated in Saiyadpura, Surat. It includes Jain 'Sangha' coming to Satrunjay and all the temples of the period. From the temples depicted in this 'Patta' it can be said that it gives a picture of the Tuks of the period before V.S. 1780. The artistic paintings of this 'Patta' was inspired by Shri Jnanavimalsuri during the year V.S. 1780. It was a tradition to keep this 'Patta' open on every 15th day of Kartika month, for the last many centuries. The older 'Patta' than this, prepared during the time of Sheth Shree Shantidas Jhaveri, is in the possession of Anandji Kalyanji Trust.
Plate Nos. 5, 6 and 7: These pictures give a general view of Shri Giriraj from the mount Bhadwa.
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