Bijapur, Rajasthan

Bijapur
Village
Nickname:  Vijapur
Bijapur Location in Rajasthan
Coordinates: 25°03′25″N73°15′18″E / 25.05694°N 73.25500°E / 25.05694; 73.25500
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Pali
Government
• MLA(Member of Rajasthan state assy	Pushpendra Singh Ranawat
Languages
• Official	Marwari, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	306707
Telephone code	912933
ISO 3166 code	RJ-IN
Vehicle registration	RJ-22

Bijapur is a village in the Pali district of Rajasthan and in 3rd century.

Places of interest

Rata Mahaveerji or Hathundi Teerth was built in 313 A.D. (370 V.S.) ^[1] and was earlier dedicated to Parshvanatha. After the installation idol of Shri Mahaveer Bhagwan in 1278 (1335 V.S.) this temple has Bhagwan Mahaveer Swami as its primary deity. ^[2] This idol is made of bricks, sand and calcium, having a reddish (Rata) colour and hence also is called Rata Mahaveerji. This 135-cm tall idol of Mahaveer Swami is in a padmasan position. ^[3] The 4th century idol is still present in this temple. ^[4]

This temple has curvilinear superstructure decorated with multiple turret. The temple feature pillars with elaborate carvings similar to torana pattern. The temple has large domical structure as the central shrine with sub-shrine along the axis of principal shrine. ^[5]

References

Citations

1. IGNCA, p. 2.
2. Shri Hathundi Tirth Retrieved 2018-07-19.
3. Shri Hathundi Teerth (Rata Mahaveerji) Retrieved 2018-07-19.
4. Shri Hathundi Tirth Retrieved 2018-07-19.
5. IGNCA, p. 1.

Sources

• IGNCA. "Rata Mahaveer Jain Mandir" (PDF). Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.