Bhandasar Jain Temple

Bhandasar Jain Temple
सेठ भण्डासर जैन मंदिर
Seth Bhandasar Jain Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Jainism
Deity	Sumatinatha
Festivals	Mahavir Jayanti
Location
Location	Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
Geographic coordinates	28°00′17.2″N 73°18′02.8″E
Architecture
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. This temple is protected by Archaeological Survey of India.

History

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

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. On the walls there are illustrations depicting the lives of the 24 Jain tirthankaras. 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.

Gallery

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  Beautiful paintings on the wall
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  Main vedi of Bhandasar Jain Temple
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  Paintings in Bhandasar Jain Temple
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  Artistic Interior
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  Ceiling0
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  Wall Painting

See also

• Jainism in Rajasthan

Reference

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