Tag: Jain Sanctuaries Of Gwalior

3.The Architecture of the Cave Temples This is prominently seen in Neminatha group. The parts of the temple consist of i. The open mukhamandapa (Sketch No. 10) ii. Cave consisting of iii. Antarala iv. Garbhagrha 1. Mukhamandapa : This is constructed over rough granite pillars, but their capitals are made, more decorative, that receive both...

Architecture Of Tiie Reliefs And The Caves Reliefe Sculptures From the general lay out of the cuttings, it appears that instead of preparing the hill slope for Jain cave sancturaries, different types of representation of the dvinities v/ere tried 3s independent reliefs, reliefs in niches, reliefs with deeper cuttings and finally the caves, aS a...

Jain Inscriptions Of Gwalior Dr- H.V. Dwivedi has prepared an exhaustive index of the inscriptions of Gwalior State. They include as many as 850, collected from ancient places like Sivpuri, Bhelsa, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Morena, Gwalior Fort, Narwar, Pawaya, Kutwar, etc. Earlier to Dr. Dwivedi, Dr. D.R. Bhandarkar had edited a list of several inscriptions from...

Conclusion The concept of the Tirthankaras, is idealized in the sanctuaries on the slopes of the eSs of Gopachal. These are those, that are said to have conquerred the worldly bonds sUCCessfully moved to the shore of Eternal Bliss. The Hindu gods and goddesses, take their incarnations into different forms again and aip in this...

Jain Links To The Sculptural Tradition Of Gopachal SUHANIA (A) This could be reached from Gwalior by Bombay-Agra Highway. It lies slightly towards the north of Morena. Not far from the main road, as we go into the village, we come across a Jain temple. Towards the east of the temple, there is a panel...

Caves Of The South Western Group D. URWAHI VALLEY Almost corresponding to Ek-Patthar-ki-Bavdi group on the east, there is another group of cave temples on the western side. These could be identified as the south western group As we turn round the southern end of the road and move towards north, on the western side...

Caves Of The North Eastern Region Getting down the pathway leaving ol Ek-Patthar-ki-Bavdi group of caves, we come across the main road running from south to north along the eastern side of Gwalrar fop. Instead of going south, if we proceed towards north, we come across a number of gales tike Hathia Laksman. Ganesh. Bhadron....

North Western Caves C. NAMINATHA GROUP Going further towards north from he Girnar caves and turning towards west, we come across the sprawling greenish slope of the hill-range on the northern si e o e ate contains another group of five caves, of these only three contain some images . t er two were left...

Tomar Kings And Their Contribution To Jainism The Humble Beginning of Tomars : In the midst of political turmoil generated by the Muhammuden holocast from the time of invasion of Mohammad Ghazni in India, two Rajput Princes that realised the importance of being submissive were Perumal Deva and Uddhar Deva. They joined the service at...

The Jain Caves And Their Classification. These are distributed in the following regions all along the precipitous hill slopes : i. South-Eastern region (Ek-Patthar-ki-Bavdi). ii. North-Eastern region (Neminatha or Girnar hill). iii. North-Western region (Namigiri). iv. South-Western region  (Urwahi Gate). A. South-Eastern Region : This contains six groups of caves, stretching all along the eastern...