Bhandasar Jain Temple

Bhandasar Jain Temple
सेठ भण्डासर जैन मंदिर
Seth Bhandasar Jain Temple
Basic information
Location Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
Geographic coordinates 28°00′17.2″N 73°18′02.8″E / 28.004778°N 73.300778°E / 28.004778; 73.300778Coordinates: 28°00′17.2″N 73°18′02.8″E / 28.004778°N 73.300778°E / 28.004778; 73.300778
Affiliation Jainism
Deity Sumatinatha
Festivals Mahavir Jayanti
Architectural description
Creator Bhandasa Oswal
Date established 15th century
Temple(s) 1

Bhandasar Jain Temple or Banda Shah Jain temple, is situated at Bikaner, Rajasthan. This temple is famous for wall painting and art work.[1] This temple is protected by Archaeological Survey of India.[2]

History

This temple was constructed by Bhandasa Oswal in 15th century. The temple is dedicated to the 5th tirthankar Sumatinatha.[3] According to legends 40,000 kilograms of ghee was used in the construction of this temple instead of water in mortar.[4]

Architecture

Bhandasar Jain Temple is a three-storey temple, famous for its beautiful leaf paintings, frescoes and ornamented mirror work. This temple is constructed using red sand stone with beautiful paintings and yellow-stone carvings on walls, pillars of the sanctum and mandapa.[4] On the walls there are illustrations depicting the lives of the 24 Jain tirthankaras.[5] The temple consist of garbhagriha, antarala, mahamandapa and ardhamandapa. The sanctum is pancharatha ( five rathas) is covered by shikhara having karna-amalakas and amalakas at top.[3]

See also

Reference

Citations

  1. ↑ Das, p. 41.
  2. ↑ "Alphabetical List of Monuments - Rajasthan". Archaeological Survey of India. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Pandya 2014, p. 4.
  4. 1 2 Clammer 2015, p. 435.
  5. ↑ "BIKANER". Rajasthan tourism.

Sources

  • Das, Joydip, Royal Rajasthan Pocket Travel Guide, Bluworlds Guides, retrieved July 22, 2017
  • Pandya, Prashant H. (2014), Indian Philately Digest, Indian Philatelists' Forum, retrieved July 22, 2017
  • Clammer, Paul (2015), Lonely Planet Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra, Lonely Planet, ISBN 9781743609804, retrieved July 22, 2017


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