TARANGA JAIN TEMPLE, GUJARAT

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TARANGA JAIN TEMPLE

A combination of Nature and marvelous carving, architecture of a beautiful Jain temple surrounded by small hills. The temple is surrounded by three peaked hills. You can climb all three hills and it will take around one hours per hill.




  • The temple is located near Kheralu , Mehsana , Gujarat , India. 
  • The governing body of Taranga Jain tirth is "Anandji Kalyanji Trust".
  • The beauty of wall craftings is for sure an astonishing view!
  • There are two compounds of jain temples that are known to be important examples of the Māru-Gurjara style of architecture. 
  • The oldest Jain temple was constructed in 1161 by the Chalukya king Kumarpala under the advice of his teacher, Acharya Hemachandra. 
  • Both the wings of Jainism are represented with adjoining walled compounds : The Svetambara compound consists of 14 temples in all and there are 5 Digambara-affiliated temples at Taranga Hill.
  • The alleviation is 45m (148 ft.) (approximate).

In the southern direction of this temple, about a kilometer away, there is a spot called "Kotshila" situated on a high peak of this mountain. It is believed that countless saints after intense austerities have obtained final emancipation here. 

On the hills, besides this temple, there are four other Swetamber Jain temples and five Digamber Jain temples. "Kotshila" earlier referred to is called here the 1st "Tunk", where a lot of saints performed meditation. The 2nd "Trunk" called "Moksha Bari" is in the eastern direction about a kilometer away. It is also called "Punyabari". Here in the small room temple, there are ancient footprints of  Sri Ajitnath Prabhu and others. In the temple, there is also an idol of the lord with a surrounding frame which is ancient and in the seat which is found an inscription dated the Vaishakh Shukla 2 in Vikram year 1235. The third "Trunk" is called "Siddhashila" which is in the north westerly direction about a kilometer away. Here in the small room temple there are footprints of Sri Ajitnath Bhagwan with an inscription dated Vikram year 1836 and idol facing all the four directions.

PICTURES ARE ATTACHED FOR YOUR REFERENCE:-


ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE




SVETAMBER COMPOUND IS ON THE RIGHT WHILE
 DIGAMBER COMPOUND IS ON THE LEFT



CEILING OF THE TEMPLE




NEARBY POND AND TEMPLE IN BACKGROUND



WALL CRAVINGS




FRONT VIEW OF THE TEMPLE


































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