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તારંગા
Taranga, Mehsana, Gujarat · 23.9664°, 72.7547°
A hill tirtha in Mehsana district whose main temple, built in 1161 by the Solanki king Kumarapala under the guidance of Acharya Hemachandra, holds a 2.75 m white marble image of Ajitnatha. The site has separate Svetambara and Digambara compounds with nineteen temples between them.
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.
The name is locally traced to a shrine of the goddess Tara said to have been built by an ancient Buddhist king.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chaulukya (Solanki)
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