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Kanch Mandir

कंच‍ मन्दिर

Indore, Madhya Pradesh · 22.7470°, 75.8690°

Shantinatha, the sixteenth TirthankaraModernMansion form with canopied balcony and shikhara, lined throughout with glass and mirror mosaic

Sacred since

1903 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

begun c. 1903

Modern

History & significance

A Jain temple at Itwaria Bazar in Indore built by the trader and industrialist Sir Seth Hukumchand Jain beside his own mansion, its interior faced entirely in mirrors and coloured glass. It remains the focus of Indore's Jain processions and festivals.

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