Hutheesing Jain Temple
Hutheesing Jain Temple | |
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Kirti Stambh, Hathisinh Temple | |
Hutheesing Jain Temple Location within Gujarat | |
Coordinates: | 23°02′28″N 72°35′23″E / 23.041088°N 72.589611°ECoordinates: 23°02′28″N 72°35′23″E / 23.041088°N 72.589611°E |
Name | |
Other names: | Hathisinh Ni wadi |
Location | |
Country: | India |
State/province: | Gujarat |
District: | Ahmedabad district |
Locale: | Ahmedabad |
Architecture and culture | |
Primary deity: | Dharmanath |
Important festivals: | Mahavir Jayanti |
Number of temples: | 1 |
History | |
Date established: | 1848 |
Creator: | Premchand Salat |
Hutheesing Temple (Gujarati: હઠીસિંહનાં દેરા) is the best known Jain temple in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India. It was constructed in 1848.[1]
History
The construction of the temple was initiated originally planned by Shet Hathisinh Kesarisinh, a wealthy Ahmedabad trader who died at 49. The construction was supervised and completed by his wife Shethani Harkunvar. The total cost was approximately Rs. 8 lakh.,[2][3] then a major sum. The temple is dedicated to Dharmanatha, the fifteenth Jain Tirthankar.
Lockwood de Forest who was a business associate of Muggenbhai Hutheesing, the son of Sheth Hathisinh, estimated the cost as "over a million dollars".[4]
The temple was built during a severe famine in Gujarat. Building the temple employed hundreds of skilled artisans which supported them for a period of two years.
The temple is managed by a Hutheesing family trust.
Architecture
The temple architect was Premchand Salat.[5]
The main building is double-storied. The mulanayaka is marble image of the 15th Tirthankara, Lord Dharamnath. The main temple houses 11 deities, six in basement and five in three bay sanctuary.[2] The main shrine lies on the east and temple is covered with a big dome supported by twelve ornate pillars.[5] In addition there are 52 shrines (devakulikas), each adorned with an image of a Tirthankara. The secondary shrines form a long gallery its three sides.
The front is exquisitely ornamented by a 'dome' shaped structure.
The temple has a unique Manastambha (or column of honour) inspired by the Jain Manastambha and the Kirtistambha at Chittore in Rajasthan.
Photo Gallery
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Hutheesinh Temple with 52 devakulikas
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Hutheesing Jain Temple main entrance
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Front façade of the temple
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Entrance in 1866
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porch in 1866
See also
References
- ↑ Tourism, Gujarat. "Hutheesing Jain Temple". Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- 1 2 Pandya, Yatin (18 October 2011). "Hathisinh Jain temple: A creative realism". DNA (Daily News & Analysis). Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad. Government Central Press. 1879. p. 282.
- ↑ Handicraft, Volume 3 National League of Handicraft Societies, Wood Carving in India. Lockwood De Forest. Handicraft Publishing Company, 1911
- 1 2 "Hathisinh Jain Temple". Gujarat Tourism. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
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