High medieval · Jain · India

Mallinathaswamy Jain Temple, Mannargudi

Mannargudi, Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.6738°, 79.4388°

Mallinatha, the 19th TirthankaraCholaDravidian

Sacred since

1100 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

12th c. (Chola)

Chola

History & significance

One of the best known of the old Jain tirthas of Tamil Nadu, raised at Mannargudi under Chola rule in the 12th century. It has a three-tiered rajagopura, a two-tiered vimana and a mahamandapa built in Maratha style; the present 56 cm image of the presiding Tirthankara was made in 1986.

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