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{{Infobox religious building<br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Jainism]] <br />
| image = File:Lodurva Temples.jpg<br />
| alt = Lodhurva Jain temple<br />
| caption = Parshvanath temple, Lodhurva<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = <br />
| map_type = <br />
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| map_size = 200<br />
| map_caption = Location within Rajasthan<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|26|59|7.3|N|70|48|9.5|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| location = [[Lodhruva]], [[Jaisalmer district|Jaisalmer]], [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| festivals = [[Mahavir Jayanti]]<br />
| deity = [[Parshvanath]]<br />
| established = 9th century CE<br />
| completed = <br />
| creator =<br />
| governing_body = Sri Jaisalmer Lodravpur Parshwanath Jain Shwetamber Trust<br />
| temple_quantity = 2<br />
| architecture_style = [[Māru-Gurjara architecture]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Lodhurva Jain temple''' is a [[Jain]] [[Jain temple|temple]] in the [[Lodhruva]] village of [[Jaisalmer district]] in [[Rajasthan]].{{sfn|Shaq|Padhya|2019|p=4}}<br />
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== History ==<br />
[[Lodhruva]] was established as the capital by [[Rawal]] Deoraj, the [[Bhati]] clan, in 8th−9th century CE.{{sfn|Tod|1832|p=239}}{{sfn|Rough Guides|2016|p=307}}{{sfn|The New Zealand Herald|2019}} The temple was constructed in the 9th century along with city of Lodhruva. [[Rawal Jaisal]], a famous prince of the [[Bhati]] clan, moved his capital from [[Lodhruva]] to [[Jaisalmer]] in 1156 CE.{{sfn|Bradshaw|1864|p=301}}{{sfn|Bayley|2004|p=65}}{{sfn|Burgess|1879|p=81}} The temple was also plundered by [[Mahmud of Ghazni]] and [[Muhammad of Ghor]]. This led to temple being destroyed in 1152 CE. In 1615 CE, the temples undergone repairs and renovations.{{sfn|Shah|1987|p=179}} The temple remains the only standing structure in the ruined city of Lodhruva.{{sfn|Sharath|2013}}{{sfn|Coolidge|1879|p=182}}<br />
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== About temple ==<br />
[[File:Kalpavriksha in Lodurva Jain Temple (cropped).jpg|Kalpavriksha depiction|thumb]]<br />
Lodhurva is one of the important Jain center. The temple is built with yellow limestone and sandstone;{{sfn|Kaur|Kaur|2019|p=1}} famous for the intricate craftsmanship. The temple features ornate [[torana]] (arched gateway), and stone carvings of [[Kalpavriksha]] and kalputra.{{sfn|Kapoor|2002|p=3681}}{{sfn|The Times of India|2011}} Lodhurva Jain temple is considered one of the best example of [[Jain architecture]] in Rajasthan.{{sfn|MoEFCC|pp=7-8}} According to William Guy, the temple walls are folded similar to an [[accordion]] and features exquisite screen carvings of [[jali]].{{sfn|Guy|2001|p=218}}{{sfn|Betts|McCulloch|2013|p=139}} In Shvetambara tradition, idols tend to derive their name from a geographical region, the lodhurva Parshvanath is one of 108 prominent idols of Parshvanath idols.{{Sfn|Cort|2001|p=234}} <br />
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According to Jain belief, A snake comes out every evening from a hole in the temple to drink milk offering. As per popular belief, the sight of this snake is a blessing.{{sfn|Kapoor|2002|p=3681}}<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Umbrella roof.JPG|Ceiling with carvings of devkulikas<br />
File:Lodurva jain temple torana.jpg|Ornate [[torana]]<br />
File:Parsvanatha Lodhruva.jpg|Parshvanath idol<br />
File:Temple Complex at Lodurva.JPG|[[Sambhavanatha]] temple inside the temple complex<br />
File:Jain Temple in Lodurva (cropped).jpg|Unique facade designs of Lodurva temple<br />
</gallery><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Jaisalmer Fort]]<br />
* [[Jaisalmer Fort Jain temples]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
===Citations===<br />
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=== Sources ===<br />
====Books====<br />
* {{citation |last=Bayley |first=C. S. |title=Chiefs and Leading Families in Rajputana |url={{Google books|7nwUqnwj4h4C|page=65|plainurl=yes}} |date=2004 | orig-year=1894 |publisher=[[Asian Educational Services]] | location=New Delhi | isbn=9788120610668 }} <br />
* {{citation |last1=Betts |first1=Vanessa | last2=McCulloch | first2=Victoria |title=India - The North: Forts, Palaces, the Himalaya Dream Trip | series=Footprint Dream Trip | edition=1st |url={{Google books|y-pUBAAAQBAJ|page=139|plainurl=yes}} |date=2013 |publisher=[[Footprint Travel Guides]] | isbn=9781907263743 }} <br />
* {{citation |last=Bradshaw |first=George |author-link=George Bradshaw |title=Bradshaw's Hand-Book to the Bombay Presidency, and North-Western Provinces of India | series=[[Bradshaw's Guide]] |url={{Google books|zYzObdJqqpIC|page=301|plainurl=yes}} |date=1864 |publisher=W.J. Adams | location=London }} <br />
* {{citation |last=Burgess |first=James | author-link=James Burgess (archaeologist) |title=Indian Antiquary | volume=4 | series=[[The Indian Antiquary]] |url={{Google books|7m1DAAAAYAAJ|page=81|plainurl=yes}} |date=1879 |publisher=British India Press | location=Bombay }} <br />
* {{citation |last=Coolidge |first=A. C. | author-link=Archibald Cary Coolidge |title=The Rajputana gazetteer | series=The Rajputana gazetteer |url={{Google books|U32StdNYzFMC|page=182|plainurl=yes}} |date=1879 |publisher=Offices of the Superintendent of Government | location=Calcutta }} <br />
* {{citation |last=Cort |first=John E. |author-link=John E. Cort |title=Jains in the World: Religious Values and Ideology in India |url={{Google books|PZk-4HOMzsoC|page=234|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |year=2001 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-803037-9 }} <br />
* {{citation |last=Guy |first=William |title=Getting Down at Bhubaneshwar: And Other Indian Adventures |url={{Google books|V0RS6eejYdwC|page=218|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |year=2001 |publisher=[[Xlibris Corporation|Xlibris]] |isbn=9781477148426 }} <br />
* {{citation |last=Kapoor | first=Subodh | title=The Indian Encyclopaedia: Indo-Pak War-Kamla Karri | volume=12 | series=The Indian Encyclopaedia: Biographical, Historical, Religious, Administrative, Ethnological, Commercial and Scientific | url={{Google books|cNkk6HjyiW8C|page=3681|plainurl=yes}} | publisher=Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd | location=Delhi | date=2002 | isbn=9788177552690 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Shah |first=Umakant Premanand |author-link=Umakant Premanand Shah |title=Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana: Jaina iconography |url={{Google books|m_y_P4duSXsC|page=179|plainurl=yes}} |date=1987 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-81-7017-208-6 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Tod |first=James Tod |author-link=James Tod |title=Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han: Or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India | volume=2 |url={{Google books|OYVIAQAAMAAJ|page=239|plainurl=yes}} |date=1832 |publisher=[[Smith, Elder & Co.|Smith, Elder and Company]] }}<br />
* {{cite book |title=The Rough Guide to India (Travel Guide eBook) | series=Rough Guides |url={{Google books|aL_kDAAAQBAJ|pg=PT307|plainurl=yes}} |date=2016 |publisher=[[Rough Guides]] | isbn=9780241295397 | ref={{sfnref|Rough Guides|2016}} }}<br />
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==== Web ====<br />
* {{cite news | last=Sharath | first=Lakshmi | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/travel/a-silent-past/article5175165.ece | title=A silent past | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=27 September 2013 | access-date=28 December 2020 }}<br />
* {{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/travel/living-legacy-jaisalmer-fort/articleshow/7978036.cms | title=Living legacy: Jaisalmer Fort | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=14 April 2011 | access-date=28 December 2020 | ref={{sfnref|The Times of India|2011}} }}<br />
* {{cite news | title=India: Rich pleasures in the land of rajahs | url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/india-rich-pleasures-in-the-land-of-rajahs/UDIOCHDEUSEAWJTGTBIFUFUMGQ/ | publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]] | date=3 May 2019 | access-date=28 December 2020 | ref={{sfnref|The New Zealand Herald|2019}} }}<br />
* {{cite web | url=http://forestsclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Addinfo/0_0_91115125512141Chouthmataprojectreport.pdf | title=Project Report | publisher=[[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change]] | access-date=28 December 2020 | ref={{sfnref|MoEFCC}} }}<br />
* {{cite journal | last1=Shaq | first1=Qureshi Mo. Sufiyan Mo. | last2=Padhya |first2=Himanshu Jawahar | url=http://www.ijamtes.org/gallery/409-jan19.pdf | title=An Overview of Tourist Circuits: A Case of Rajasthan | publisher=International Journal of Management, Technology And Engineering | date=January 2019 | issn=2249-7455 }}<br />
* {{cite journal | last1=Kaur | first1=Parminder | last2=Kaur |first2=Gurpreet | url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019EGUGA..21..968K/abstract | title=Jaisalmer Golden Limestone and Sandstone: A Heritage Stone Province from the Desert of Western India | journal=Egu General Assembly Conference Abstracts | publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] | date=April 2019 | page=968 | bibcode=2019EGUGA..21..968K | issn=2249-7455 }}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{commonscatinline|Jain Temple, Lodurva}}<br />
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