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Early medieval · Jain · India

Muchhal Mahavir Temple

Ghanerao, Pali district, Rajasthan · 25.1963°, 73.5592°

MahaviraUndeterminedNagara
Sacred since
900 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
10th c.
Undetermined

History & significance

A Shvetambara Jain temple near Ghanerao in the Pali district of Rajasthan, built in the tenth century in the Nagara style. It takes its name, the moustached Mahavira, from the moustache shown on its principal image.

Sthala katha — the traditional account

What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.

Rana Raj Singh I is said to have found a white hair on the idol's moustache; after the priest fasted three days the image revealed its moustache, which oozed milk when a hair was drawn, and the Rana became a devotee.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined