Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday stayed the auction of 17 ancient idols depicting Jain tirthankaras and yakshinis, worth Rs 94.50 lakh. The auction was to be held on Tuesday by Farokh ...
who is most revered in the Jain community. While some prescribed it as the idol of Rishabhanatha, the first of the Tirthankaras, Sukumar Banerjee, regional history researcher said: “There are ...
Historian Sriramoju Haragopal says the discovery underscores the rich historical and cultural heritage of Nangunur and the ...
Kolipaka Srinivas, who led the discovery, said that the sculpture portrays a Jain saint holding a book, accompanied by ...
Nagpur: A thief decamped with five silver idols and cash from a donation box, cumulatively valued at about Rs 22 lakh from a Jain temple at Bhola Ganesh Chowk on Great Nag Road on early Friday ...
A senior researcher from the Group, Kolipaka Srinivas identified the "Sthapanacharya," when he saw the stone pillar, a Jain ...