This painting in the inner/upper circle in the ceiling of the mandapa (pillared hall) depicts the 23rd Jain Tirthankara, Parshvanath, standing on a multi-headed naga (serpant), with the hood crown positioned above the head of the lord. A naga couple in anthropomorphic form stands flanking the Tirthankara and bows down to him. Parshvanath wears a crown and is adorned with jewellery. There are two gandharvas (celestial beings) in the sky above him. The inscription reads, ‘Parasnath Shvami.’

Creator

• Temples of India Project

Contributors

• Swapna Joshi

Publisher

• Jio Institute

Keyword

• Bada Bazaar
• 16th century CE
• Rao Lunkaran
• Shekhari Style of Temple Architecture
• Architecture
• Tirthankara
• Seth Bhandasar Jain Temple
• Sumatinatha
• Jain
• Bhanda Shah ka Jain Mandir
• Temple
• Rajasthan
• Rathore Dynasty
• Bikaner
• Raos of Bikaner

Location

• Bikaner

Resource type

• Image

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/