Month: March 2023

Some Thoughts On Identification Of Jaina Images In Jaina pantheon, the twenty-four Tirthankaras of the present aeon, commencing from Adinatha to Mahavira, form the pivotal object of veneration. Although all the twentyfour occupy equal position in the pantheon, some of them like Adinatha, Parsvanatha, Mahavira and Neminatha have been popularly worshipped by lay devotees. As...

Spectrum Of Jaina Art Jaina contribution to art and architecture has created a special niche for them in the long history over a period of two thousand years in the southern part of peninsular India. The rich art heritage of the Digambara Jainas in Tamilnadu is manifested in their rock-cut monuments and structural sanctuaries still...

Jainism Under The Cholas The Cholas emerged into the political arena of Tamilnadu in the middle of the 9th century A.D. and continued to wield power till the end of the 13th century A.D. Under the rule of imperial monarchs like Rajaraja I and Rajendra I, the kingdom reached the heights of excellence in the...

Mahendravarman And Jainism Tondaimandalam roughly corresponding to the northern parts of modern Tamilnadu and the Southern parts of Andhra, witnessed the rule of the Pallavas from about the 6lh century A.D. down to the end of the 9th century A.D. Kanchipuram, the temple city of the south, served as their seat of power. The rulers...