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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Jain pilgrimage center located Rajasthan}}<br />
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| religious_affiliation = [[Jainism]] <br />
| sect = [[Digambara]], [[Śvetāmbara]]<br />
| image = File:Marble beauty of ahimsa.jpg<br />
| alt = Adinath Jain temple, Ladnun<br />
| caption = Adinath Jain temple, Ladnun<br />
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| map_type = India Rajasthan<br />
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| map_caption = Location within Rajasthan<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|27|38|29.0|N|74|23|38.4|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| location = [[Ladnu]], [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| festivals = [[Mahavir Jayanti]]<br />
| deity = [[Shantinatha]]<br />
| established = 10{{sup|th}} century<br />
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'''Ladnu Jain temple''' is a [[Jain]] [[Tirtha (Jainism)|pilgrimage]] center located in [[Ladnu]], [[Rajasthan]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
Ladnu, established as a significant [[Jain]] center in the 10th century, features a [[Jain temple|temple]] complex comprising five [[Digambara]] and two [[Śvetāmbara]] temples, with their superstructure added during later centuries. The temple complex is home to [[Jain Vishva Bharati University]], established in 1970, serving as a hub for the study of Jainism and spirituality.{{sfn|RTDC}}{{sfn|Titze|Bruhn|1998|p=144}}{{sfn|Wiley|2009|p=102}}<br />
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Ladnu also holds significance as the birthplace of [[Acharya Tulsi]], a ninth spiritual leader of [[Śvetāmbara Terapanth]] tradition.{{sfn|Shah|2004|p=56}}{{sfn|Wiley|2009|p=221}}{{sfn|Vallely|2002|p=23}}<br />
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== Architecture ==<br />
The Shantinatha temple boasts an inscription dating back to 1295 CE (1352 [[Vikram Samvat|VS]]) inscription carved on the pedestal of the {{lang|sa|[[mulnayak]]}} (principal) idol. Additionally, the temple is adorned with an exquisitely carved idol of [[Saraswati#In Jainism|Sarasvati]], dating back to 1162 CE. Noteworthy among the temple's architectural features is the intricately carved [[torana]], dating back to 1079 CE. The temple underwent expansion over time, incorporating bronze idols from 1518 to 1872.{{sfn|Srivastava|1981|p=118}}<br />
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The basement of the temple features charan (footprints) carved on a pillar, with lotus flowers adorning the bottom of the foot imprints.{{sfn|Hegewald|2020}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
=== Citations ===<br />
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=== Sources ===<br />
==== Books ====<br />
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* {{citation |last=Shah |first=Natubhai |title=Jainism: The World of Conquerors |url={{Google books|qLNQKGcDIhsC|page=56|plainurl=yes}} |volume=I |date=2004 |orig-date=1998 |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |isbn=978-81-208-1938-2 }}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Srivastava |first=Vijai Shankar |title=Cultural Contours of Indi |url={{Google books|nKJiBUFrmfoC|pg=RA1-PA118|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |publisher=Abhinav Publications |date=1981 |isbn=9780391023581 }}<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Titze |first1=Kurt | last2=Bruhn | first2=Klaus |title=Jainism: A Pictorial Guide to the Religion of Non-Violence |url={{Google books|loQkEIf8z5wC|page=144|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |edition=2 |date=1998 |isbn=978-81-208-1534-6 }}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Vallely |first=Anne |title=Guardians of the Transcendent: An Ethnography of a Jain Ascetic Community<br />
|url={{Google books|eI4PAY9rDmQC|page=23|plainurl=yes}} | series=Anthropological horizons |year=2002 |volume=22 |publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]] |isbn=9780802084156 }}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Wiley |first=Kristi L. |title=The A to Z of Jainism |url={{Google books|cIhCCwAAQBAJ|plainurl=yes}} |year=2009 |volume=38 |publisher=Scarecrow |isbn=978-0-8108-6337-8 }}<br />
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==== Web ====<br />
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* {{cite journal | last=Hegewald | first=Julia | title=Pādukās: Revered Foot Imprints in the Jaina Art of India | journal=European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art | url=https://easaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Julia-Hegewald-10.pdf | series=In Bridging Heaven and Earth: Art and Architecture in South Asia | year=2020 }}<br />
* {{cite web | author=RTDC | url=https://www.tourism.rajasthan.gov.in/nagaur.html | title=Jain temples in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan | publisher=[[Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation]] | access-date=20 January 2024 }}<br />
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