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...
Tirthankara image, Barabati Fort
Architectural fragments containing a miniature Tirthankara image (Pl.XXXVIIIB) as like that of Brahmesvara temple of Bhubaneswar is recovered from the moat while restoration works of it going on 2012. Now the stone fragment is kept in campus of the Sub-Circle office of ASI.