I’m sure this style of carving predates silicon implants but I’m not sure.
Posts Tagged ‘jain’
DD Cup
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged jain, temple on 7 April, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Temple Carving
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged jain, temple on 7 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This was in the main temple up the hill in Palitana
The Bottom of the Hill
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged jain on 7 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is the view from the bottom of the several thousand steps to the Palitana temples. This is the most sacred Jain pilgrimage site with over 800 temples on a plateau a few km above the town.
All the priests and monks have to go up to the temple daily as nobody is allowed to [...]
Figures in Jain Temple
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged jain on 12 March, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These figures are found in every Jain temple in great numbers, I have yet to find out what they represent but they do resemble many of the buddha images I have seen in many parts of the world.
