Sri Shantinath Digambar Jain Mandir/ श्री शांतिनाथ दिगम्बर जैन मंदिर, 12, Jain Mandir Rd, Eastern Group of Temples, Sevagram, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.

The visit to this Sri Shantinath Digambar Jain Temple, one of the UNESCO, World Heritage Sites, Khajuraho, was a part of the “Bhopal, Udayagiri Rock Cut Caves, Bhimbetka Rock Shelters, Sanchi, Bhojpur, and Khajuraho – of Madhya Pradesh Heritage Walk” organized by the எண்திசை வரலாற்று மரபுநடைக்குழு, between 25^th and 28^th December 2024.

Eastern Group, Khajuraho.

The Eastern group, closer to the Khajuraho village, has three Brahmanical temples, Brahma, Vamana, and Javari, and three Jain temples, Parswanatha, Shantinatha, and Adinatha. 

1. Brahma Temple 

2. Javari Temple/जवारी मंदिर

3. Vamana Temple/ वामन मंदिर

4. Sri Aadinath Digambar Jain Mandir/श्री आदिनाथ दिगम्बर जैन मंदिर

5. Bhagawan Parshwanath Digambar Jain Mandir

6. Sri Shantinath Digambar Jain Mandir

Though the sanctum of the Jain temples houses images of the Tirthankaras, the sculptures outside and the temple plans strongly indicate that these were originally Hindu temples. Some Hindu deities' images are unearthed and installed on the outer side. 

Shanthinatha Temple.

This is the principal Jain shrine at Khajuraho. This temple complex, with many small shrines, consists of components of older temples and sculptures from 1027 CE and earlier. The main sanctuary houses a 4.3 m polished icon of a standing Shantinatha bearing a dedicatory inscription dated 1027 CE. An interesting twelfth-century sculpture of a dancing kshetrapala is present at the entrance to the sanctuary.

Maybe a King and Queen

Vamana 

Maha Vishnu

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

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