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The Jain temples of Deogarh | Uttar Pradesh

How did a small town in Bundelkhand become a pilgrimage site for Jains? Deogarh’s Karnali Fort houses a remarkable complex of 31 Jain temples with over 2,000 sculptures from the 8th to the 17th centuries.

Image attributions:


1. Jain Tirthankara, Cleveland Museum of Art, 10th century

Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:India,_Rajasthan,_Medieval_period_-_Jina_(Tirthankara)_-_2001.88_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif


2. The Jain Prateek Chihna, official symbol of Jainism

Original: Mpanchratan Vector: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg


3. Siddhachal Rishabhanatha, Gopachal Jain Parvat

Pratyk321, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siddhachal_-_Rishabhanatha.jpg


4. Jain Tirthankars, Cave No. 34, Ellora Caves

Ronakshah1990, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jain_Tirthankars,_Cave_No._34,_Ellora_Caves.jpg


5. Painting of Pagodas at Dheogar from 1787 in the British Library

William Hodges, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_View_of_the_Pagodas_at_Deogar.JPG

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