Bijapur, Rajasthan
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Bijapur is a village in the
Pali district Pali district is a district in Rajasthan, India. The city of Pali is its administrative headquarters. Pali is also known as the Industrial/Textile City and has been a hub for merchant activities for centuries. It has a rich heritage and culture ...
of
Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...
and in 3rd century.


Places of interest

Rata Mahaveerji or Hathundi Teerth was built in 313 A.D. (370 V.S.) and was earlier dedicated to Parshvanatha. After the installation idol of Shri Mahaveer Bhagwan in 1278 (1335 V.S.) this temple has Bhagwan Mahaveer Swami as its primary deity. This idol is made of bricks, sand and calcium, having a reddish (Rata) colour and hence also is called Rata Mahaveerji. This 135-cm tall idol of Mahaveer Swami is in a padmasan position. The 4th century idol is still present in this temple.Shri Hathundi Tirth
Retrieved 2018-07-19. This temple has curvilinear superstructure decorated with multiple
turret Turret may refer to: * Turret (architecture), a small tower that projects above the wall of a building * Gun turret, a mechanism of a projectile-firing weapon * Optical microscope#Objective turret (revolver or revolving nose piece), Objective turre ...
. The temple feature pillars with elaborate carvings similar to
torana A ''torana'' (; '' awr-uh-nuh') is a free-standing ornamental or arched gateway for ceremonial purposes in Hindu architecture, Hindu, Buddhist and Jain architecture of the Indian subcontinent. Toranas can also be widely seen in Southeast Asi ...
pattern. The temple has large domical structure as the central shrine with sub-shrine along the axis of principal shrine.


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* Cities and towns in Pali district 4th-century Jain temples {{Jodhpurdivision-geo-stub