Jaina Antiquities at Raiguru Basudeipura (Khordha)

The Thakurani temple of the village Raiguru Basudeipura is situated at the right side of the road leading from Balakati to Hansapal on the left bank of the river Bhargavi. It is located about 1km from Chausathi Yogini temple, Hirapur and has a pidha vimana of impoverished Kalingan order. A very small Tirthankara image^[1] (17x10x5cm) is found lying scattered among the heap of other broken Brahmanical images at the open mandapa in front of the temple. The Tirthankara is carved standing in kayotsarga posture over a double petalled lotus pedestal. The traces of defaced chauri bearers are also noticed on either side of the Tirthankara those who are standing in their separate lotus pedestal. A torana is noticed at the back side of the figure and an oval halo at the back side of head. The chhatravali is also seen above the head of the Tirthankara but his lanchana is missing. The image is carved out of fine grained sandstone and no other feature can be traced as the image is badly defaced one.