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Description: | Photograph of the interior of a Jain Temple at Dilwara on Mount Abu, Rajasthan, taken by an unknown photographer in the 1900s. The photograph is from an album containing views of various locations in India, formerly in the collection of Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, (1850-1916), who was Commander in Chief of India between 1902 and 1909.
The five principal Jain temples at Dilwara on Mount Abu were built between the 11th and 15th centuries and are a famous site of pilgrimage. The oldest temple, the Adinatha or Vimala Vasahi Temple dedicated to Adinatha, the first Tirthankara (Jain saint), was founded in 1032 by Vimala, a minister under Bhima I, the Solanki ruler of Gujarat. The temples are built entirely of white marble and are known for their extraordinarily richly carved interiors. This is a view looking between bracketed pillars supporting an unseen corbelled dome in the columned hall or mandapa of the temple. The architecture is entirely covered with carvings of figures in niches, friezes, and scrollwork. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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