Kurt Titze, in his book, "Jainism: A Pictorial Guide to the faith of Non-Violence" (1998, p. 143), writes on Soniji Ki Nasiyan:[1]
"Ajmer's main attraction is - for the Jainas - the conspicuously placed Nasiayan Digambara Temple, or rather the two-storied Svarana Nagara Hall behind the temple, higher referred to as the depository. each the temple and therefore the depository were designed and ar still in hand by the Sony family of Ajmer. The temple, dedicated to Rishabha or Adinatha in 1865, was made of red arenaceous rock during a matter of some years, however it took twenty-five years, from 1870 to 1895, to fashion - by artisans at Jaipur - the thousands of individual elements neededto assemble a three-dimensional duplicate of the story of Rishabha in accordance with associate degree recentmanuscript by Acharya Jinasena.
The thought to own such a three-dimensional model for eduational functions occurred to Seth Moolchand Soni,World Health Organization was born in 1830, solely when the completion of the temple. His death in 1891 prevented him from seeing his formidable add its finished state.
In several Jaina temples one sees painted or figurative representations of the 'five auspicious events' (pancha-kalyanak) within the lifetime of each Tirthankara: conception, birth, renunciation, enlightenment, and salvation (moksha or nirvana). The one at Ajmer, currently over 100 years recent, is far and away the most important and most creative plastic illustration of that much-loved mythological narrative. A specially designed hall of twenty four.3 m by 12.2 m had to be build to show it effectively. it's hospitable guests of all religions a day all the yearspherical for a really tiny entry fee."
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