Jainism in Odisha (Orissa)
by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo | 2015 | 106,639 words
This essay studies the presence of Jainism in Odisha or Orissa by documenting the Art, Architecture and Iconography of Jaina images, relics, structures and establishments from different districts. In Odisha, archaeological evidences show how Jainism flourished during the 1st century BCE during the reign of emperor Kharavela, stating that Jainism wa...
Jaina Antiquities in Lendura-Bhagwanpur (Cuttack)
A Jaina chaumukha(Pl.XXVID) in the village Lendura-Bhagwanpur located to the south of river Chitrotpala near Kendupatana and a stone slab containing Tirthankara image is lying in the compound of the Kanakesvara Mahadeva temple of village Atuda, at the point from where the river Chitrotpala branches off from the Mahanadi.