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Late medieval · Jain · India
Jain Temples, Abhapur
Abhapur, Polo Forest, Sabarkantha district, Gujarat · 23.9885°, 73.2706°
Parshvanatha (also Rishabhanatha and Neminatha)UndeterminedNagara
Sacred since
1400 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
15th c.
Undetermined
History & significance
A group of twelve fifteenth-century Svetambara Jain temples in sandstone at Abhapur, inside the Polo Forest of Sabarkantha district, noted for their carved ceilings and pierced jali screens. The principal image is Parshvanatha attended by the goddess Padmavati, with shrines also of Rishabhanatha and Neminatha.