Polo Forest Jain Temple -2- Gujarat

Address

Polo Forest Jain Temple -2- Abhapur, Vijaynagar, Antarsumba, Gujarat 383460

Diety

Parshwanatha

Introduction

Abhapur is a group of Jain temples located in Abhapur village near Polo Forest in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat. The Jain and Shiva temples in close proximity at Abhapur, Polo and Antarsurbha site suggests the co-existence both Jainism and Hinduism during medieval period. Abhapur Jain temples were constructed in the 15th century. Both Jain and Shiva temples are in ruins status and has turned black due to exposure to the sun and rain.

Puranic Significance

Jain Temple 2 is built in bricks and marble, it was a tri-angi (tri-element) temple having sanctum, antarala and mandapa which can be identified from its surviving plinth. It also has Parshwanatha on its lintel of the doorframe of the sanctum. Adorned with Kirtimukha motifs, the threshold has images of Kubera on its both ends. The temple complex had faced extreme damage and deterioration with overgrowth of strangler trees.