Late medieval · Jain · India

Adisvaraswamy Jain Temple, Thanjavur

Karanthattankudi, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.8042°, 79.1350°

Rishabhanatha (Adisvaraswamy / Adhinathar)Undetermined—

Sacred since

1400 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

c. 15th c. (said to be 600 years old)

Undetermined

History & significance

A Jain temple at Karanthattankudi near Thanjavur enshrining the first Tirthankara Rishabhanatha as Adisvaraswamy, with a two-tiered vimana, rajagopura and a sequence of mandapas added about three centuries ago. It is the only temple in Tamil Nadu with a separate shrine for the Jinavani.

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