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There are four three-storey porches, already up two flights of steps. The interior of the temple is "unsurpassed for its spatial complexity", with the sanctuary at the centre of the compound surrounded by many mandapas of two or three storeys, with all levels very open between the supporting columns allowing views in several directions inside the compound. Even the shikhara has balconies at three levels. The carving on the interior is in most areas as lavish as ever.
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which it is adopted varies greatly. Some buildings mix Māru-Gurjara elements with those of local temple styles and modern international ones. Generally, where there is elaborate carving, often still done by craftsmen from Gujarat or Rajasthan, this has more ornamental and decorative work than small figures. A similar mix is seen in many modern Hindu temples in India and abroad, for example those of the
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dates back before the 16th century. The temples are packed tightly together in a number of high-walled compounds called "tuks" or "tonks". Michell calls them "characteristic of the final phase of Western Indian temple architecture", with traditional shikharas, double storey porches, often on three or four sides, and miniature-urn roofs to the main mandapas. But there are influences from
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horizontal beam above in the centre, and elaborately carved. These have no structural function, and are purely decorative. The style developed large pillared halls, many open at the sides, with Jain temples often having one closed and two pillared halls in sequence on the main axis leading to the shrine.
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hills in Gujarat are another very important Jain pilgrimage site, with temples numbering into the hundreds (most very small, and all but one Svetambara). Though many were founded much earlier, the site was so thoroughly destroyed by Muslim armies, starting in 1311, that there is little surviving that
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in Rajasthan is a major construction for a merchant, built between 1439 and 1458 or 1496. It is a thorough-going, but not strict, revival of Māru-Gurjara style, on the same broad model as Bhadreshwar, with a high outside wall of the back of shrines, but also a number of Islamic-style corbelled domes.
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are considered excellent examples of Chaulukyan architecture. Mahavira, Shantinatha, and Parshvanatha temples are some of the most renowned temples in India. These five marble temples vary in size and architecture details, but every temple is surrounded by a protective walled courtyard with elaborate
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Interiors are if anything even more lavishly decorated, with elaborate carving on most surfaces. In particular, Jain temples often have small low domes carved on the inside with a highly intricate rosette design. Another distinctive feature is "flying" arch-like elements between pillars, touching the
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style higher up, where the miniature towers are of varying lengths, and overlap. Over the mandapa, the lowest level continues the regular miniature tower clusters over the sanctuary, above which shallow pitched planes of roof are studded with miniature towers, with rows of beasts and urns along the
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communities in many parts of the world. In India there has been much construction of large temples and complexes, and the smaller diaspora communities have constructed buildings on a somewhat smaller scale. In both cases use of the Māru-Gurjara style is very common, although the thoroughness with
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On the exteriors, the style of Māru-Gurjara architecture is distinguished from other North Indian temple styles of the period in "that the external walls of the temples have been structured by increasing numbers of projections and recesses, accommodating sharply carved statues in niches. These are
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are very largely in the same style as their Hindu companions, which were mostly built between 950 and 1050. They share many features with the Māru-Gurjara style: high plinths with many decorated bands on the walls, lavish figurative and decorative carving, balconies looking out on multiple sides,
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conquered the region. Temple building then largely ceased in the original areas of the style for a considerable time, although a trickle of repairs and additions to existing temples are recorded, and some small new buildings. However, Solanki rule came to be seen by Jains as something of a
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by 1298. But, unusually for an Indian temple style, it continued to be used by Jains there and elsewhere, with a notable "revival" in the 15th century. Since then it has continued in use in Jain and some Hindu temples, and from the 20th century has spread to temples built outside India. These
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that adds greatly to their effect, and remain in use. The oldest and largest two have large amounts of intricate carving even by the standards of the style, reaching a peak in the Luna Vasahi temple. The main buildings of the first three named are surrounded by "cloister" screens of
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shrines, and are fairly plain on the outer walls of these; in the case of the Vimal Vasahi this screen was a later addition, around the time of the second temple. These three have an axis from the sanctuary through a closed, then an open mandapa to an open
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in Jagat, Rajasthan. The earliest inscription here records a repair in 961 (well before the Solankis came to power). For George Mitchell, in the Jagat temple (and others he names) "the Pratihara style was fully evolved in its Western Indian expression".
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in a raid in 1024–1025 CE. It was then rebuilt, but sacked again when the Delhi Sultanate conquered the area at the end of the 13th century. The ruins have recently been restored and rebuilt in what is intended as the Solanki style.
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There was a considerable number of new Jain temples in the 19th century, as the Jain community continued to grow and prosper. Temples were built by wealthy Jains, often individually, or by community trusts. The large
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Gujarat, mostly destroyed under Muslim rule. The main temple was surrounded by a screen of subsidiary shrines (partly surviving as a mosque), and the porches, parts of which remain, and a stand-alone
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were exceptionally grand. The mandapa had three storeys. It was completed in 1140, ending a long period of construction. Two groups of smaller ruined temples of similar date are the two
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between the main sanctuary building and the tank, which is slightly later. The carving of all parts is "extremely luxuriant and exquisitely refined in the rendering of detail".
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wing of the religion. The style began to re-appear in Jain temples in the same area in the 15th century, and then spread elsewhere in India, initially moving eastwards.
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The name of the Māru-Gurjara style is a 20th-century invention; previously, and still by many, it is called the "Solanki style". The ancient name of Rajasthan was
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The Māru-Gurjara style did not represent a radical break with earlier styles. The previous styles in north-west India are mentioned above, and the group of
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ceiling rosettes, and others, but at Khajuraho the great height of the shikharas is given more emphasis. There are similarities with the contemporary
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normally positioned in superimposed registers, above the lower bands of moldings. The latter display continuous lines of horse riders, elephants, and
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in the domes and arches. The main temple, in a courtyard considerably above ground level, is comparable to the earlier examples described above.
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The style mostly fell from use in Hindu temples in its original regions by the 13th century, especially as the area had fallen to the Muslim
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foundation, and the Digambar wing of Jainism always favoured the Māru-Gurjara style rather less, at least in India itself. The large
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built between 1062 - 1231 CE. The five temples are famous for their elaborate architecture. The Jain temples, Kumbhariya along with
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Hegewald, note 3. Mitchell (1977) uses "Solanki style", while Harle is reluctant to tie the style to a specific name.
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in the domes, often fluted, over porches and second mandapas, "arches with petalled fringes, parapets of
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subsidiary spirelets on it, and two smaller side-entrances with porches are common in larger temples.
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in Gujarat has groups of Hindu and Jain ruined temples of various dates, but mostly 15th century.
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Singh, Kavita, "The Temple's Eternal Return: Swaminarayan Akshardham Complex in Delhi", 2010,
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decoration, the figures "characterized by lively poses and sharply cut faces and costumes".
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A Thousand Petalled Lotus: Jain Temples of Rajasthan : Architecture & Iconography
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Michell (1990), 295–296 (Kiradu, which he sees as mostly "late Pratihara"; Harle, 223–227
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style, except for a much later two-storey porch at the entrance, which has elements from
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from much further south. In both of these styles architecture is treated sculpturally.
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Hegewald, note 3, citing "Pramod Chandra "The Study of Indian Tempe Architecture", in
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edges of the planes. The surfaces are heavily decorated with figures and "honeycomb"
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The 20th and 21st centuries, especially from about 1950, have seen increasing Jain
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The style developed from that of the dynasties preceding the Solankis, mainly the
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The Penguin Guide to the Monuments of India, Volume 1: Buddhist, Jain, Hindu
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tank of the same period in front of the temple. There is a large detached
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Rowland, 294–296, 296 quoted; Michell (1990), 299–300; Harle, 223–227
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The Solanki dynasty finally fell around 1244, replaced by the Hindu
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The Ajitanatha Temple was built under, and very probably by, King
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The Ajitanatha Temple, the largest and earliest of the cluster of
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dynasty between 950 and 1050. These are famous for their erotic
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Entrance fronting an essentially modern Jain temple building,
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The Bounter Jinalaya (or "72 Jinalaya") Jain temple at
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Detailed carvings on the pillar of Ranakpur Jain temple
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Index


Navlakha Temple, Ghumli
Gujarat

Jain
Dilwara
Mount Abu
Gujarat
Rajasthan
Chaulukya dynasty
Hindu temple architecture
Jain temples
Jain
diaspora
kīrttimukhas
shikhara
urushringa

Ranakpur Jain Temple

Swaminarayan
temple in Houston, Texas
Delhi Sultanate
Hindu Swaminarayan tradition
Neasden temple in London
Jain temple
Antwerp
Belgium
Potters Bar
Leicester

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