Temple of Satrunjaya

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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of Visottamji: it was erected by Sah Champsi Mansingh of the Oswal gotra of Ahamedabad in 1620 A.D. The principal image is that of Adinatha, and among the others, are a Dikpāla, and Kāosaggiya or standing meditative figures of Visottama and Sarasvati. It has a sort of open canopy above the porch. Nearly opposite to it, on the south side, is a similar temple-that of Pancabhaya built in 1610 A.D. by Suradas Lakshmidas, a Sanghvi of the Kharatara-gachha from Vikramanagar.
Plates 44, 45: Temples of Ramji Gandharia and Bahu Svami
The temple of Ramji of Gandharia in the north-east corner of the square is a Caumukh of two stories. It was dedicated to Santinatha, and with the temple opposite to it, on the south side, is one of the larger temples in this enclosure. Over the gateway on the west side is the shrine of Pundarika Svami built by Dosi Karma Sah of Chitod about the same time as he restored the great temple; and as with it, this is called the sixteenth uddhāra or restoration. The shrine consists of three rooms furnished with hundreds of images of various sizes-the principal one with a fillet round the head, knee and shoulder caps, breasts, etc. of silver. The door is also of the same metal. Close to this temple, on the south side, is another large one, built in the sixteenth century, with a large open mandapa to the north.
Of the numerous small shrines arround this court it is impossible to give any detailed account. The number of images, pairs of feet, etc. in this single enclosure is reckoned at nearly five thousand. Among the older shrines we find the dates 1286 A.D. ascribed to one, built by Raja Abhepala, as the plate states: 1252 to one beside it; 1227 to the small temple of Sah Jasapala; and two others are as old as 1109 and 1132 A.D. respectively; but for the accuracy of these dates nothing further is alleged than that they are taken from Jaina accounts.
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