A visit to ancient Jain temple which has 1000 yrs old idol

[chetanpadliya]

Recently during our visit to my paternal and maternal town (will post details in separate post), I got a chance to visit a 1000 yrs old idol in a Jain temple.
This place Devgarh is situated in Pratapgarh district in Rajasthan, India.
Here I am sharing some pics I took of this historic place.

_{Outside view of temple which have idol inside}

_{Entrance of historical temple}

_{1000 yrs old Jain god's idol in the center}

_{Glimpase of inside the temple}

_{"Bell" very common in all Jain and Hindu temples in India}

Comments

[wolfenlord]

What picked my curiosity for detail is that the bell´s clapper does not appear to be cast from a single mold as the rest of the bell. It seems to have been worked by hammer. I´m guessing that the rest of the bell, which is too perfect to have been cast from an old mold is not actually from that time and got recently replaced, and the clapper is the only original part of it which remains. Nice post!

[chetanpadliya]

Nice observation!

[marymik23]

Awesome work of art. How old is this temple? I saw in the photos of friends old temples in India, they do not have colors, only the decor of sculptures. In this area, do all the temples resemble this style?

[chetanpadliya]

Temple is also old but renovated and colored at a particular interval so it is looking colorful.

[marymik23]

You do not know if it was recently repaired, or are the bright colors so well preserved? I know that in India, because of the climate, everything is collapsing very quickly ...

[chetanpadliya]

I asked authorized person in the temple, he said it is colored frequently to keep temple colorful.

[marymik23]

Thank you, I had a feeling that I myself went there and found out everything that interests me!

[geetharao]

The colourful pillars look so beautiful. And I think even the bell there also is from ancient times!

[dhingvimal]

Jainm jayti shashnm

[hannahk]

Love all the colors! Thanks for sharing!

[saujitlivefulest]

Hi sir, beautiful shots!! can u please enlight little more about Jainism?? I can see OM in one of the temple pic.. Does this symbol that relevant in Jainism?

[chetanpadliya]

Yes OM symbol is relevant in Jainism.

There is no origin of Jainism as per Jain cosmology. It has existed since eternity and will remain till eternity just like this world. According to Jain cosmology, there is a time cycle of 6 "kaals" which moves in ascending and then descending order. First 3 are "bhog-bhumi" eras in which people don't perform any tasks and their wishes are granted by Kalpavrikshas. 4th is the era in which all Tirthankaras are born and preach Jainism. 5th era is the one we live in, in which no-one can attain nirvana. 6th and the last era is one doomsday come and everything is flooded. Then the cycle reverses and goes back to 1st era in reverse order.
Certain western historians, on the other hand, trace Jainism from the teachings of Lord Parshvanatha (23rd Tirthankara) who lived in 8th-9th century BC. It was then preached further by 24th Tirthankara Mahavira in 6th century BC. Various Indian historians on the other hand trace Jainism to as back as 3000 BC, i.e., upto Indus Valley Civilisation because of the seals depicting nude saints and bulls.

[saujitlivefulest]

Wow!! Thanks alot for thus amazing insite :-)
Looking forward for more posts....

[rachiid]

With your help we discovered and enjoyed this wonderful place.thinks

[virginiana]

amo estas fotos estan bellisima la arquitectura me encanta amigo te felicito
son obras muy llamativas

[chetanpadliya]

धन्यवाद !

[chetanpadliya]

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[virginiana]

la que mas me gusta es la entrada al templo historico

[kailin.mai]

it look beautiful.

[wendyth16]

wow really wonderful pics

[al3xnd3ri]

so colourful

[kleonella]

this architecture is amazing

[shubhamn]

Amazed by the architecture, ancient people were great architects.Also the color combination adds beauty to the architecture

[devrajsinghrawat]

Hi Chetan, If you are fond of visiting Jain temples then you should strongly consider Fort Kumbhalgarh in Rajasthan, I believe you must heard about it... Below is one of the Pic I had taken during my visit.

[sanchita]

great working of your photography sir.thanks to share.