A view of Ardha-Mandapa/Entrance porch, 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙖 𝙏𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚, Eastern Group Of Khajuraho Monuments, Chhatrapur, Madhya Pradesh, India. The entrance has an inscription with a most-perfect magic square. 

Entrance porch of Parshvanatha temple, Chhatrapur, Madhya Pradesh


It has a vestibule, a sanctum, a small hall, a wide hall (mandapa), and a vestibule. The temple's architectural plan is oblong, with projections at both ends. The entrance porch is created by the front projection, while the back (western) projection is a shrine linked to the sanctum.

The entrance porch's ceiling is decorated with chain and floral designs, as well as a pair of intertwined flying vidyadharas. The sculpture of Adinatha's attendant, a ten-armed Chakreshvari riding a Garuda, can be found on the mandapa's door lintel. The Jinas' sculptures can be found in the sanctum.

Entrance porch of Parshvanatha temple, Chhatrapur, Madhya Pradesh


The Parshvanatha temple is a Jain temple from the 10th century. The temple is thought to have been built between 950 and 970 CE, during the reign of Chandela king Dhanga, by a prominent Jain family. Although it was most likely built as an Adinatha shrine during the Chandela period, it is now dedicated to Parshvanatha.

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