A Pata of a Saturnjaya Pilgrimage

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, 19TH CENTURY

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A Pata of a Saturnjaya Pilgrimage
India, Rajasthan, 19th Century
Depicting a panoramic aerial view of a walled temple complex with numerous Jain shrines, princely figures in procession, lay people, and white-clad monks attending puja services, the Jinas arranged in registers of smaller niches within the larger temples at top left and right
121½ x 93 in. (308.6 x 236.2 cm.)

Lot Essay

See P. Pal, The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India, 1994, pp. 252-253, for an in-depth discussion on the Saturnjuna pilgrimage site. The temple complex is divided over two ridges, the one on the left was built by Kumarapala in 1213 and dedicated to the Jina Adinath, while the one on the right was established later by Jain merchants. This type of temple hanging was displayed on special religious occasions and its large scale allows for thousands to view it at a time and receive the same merit in lieu of visiting the actual site.

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