Taranga Jain temple

Highlights

• Taranga is a Jain pilgrimage center near Kheralu in Mehsana district, Gujarat, India, with two compounds of Jain temples that are important examples of the Māru-Gurjara style of architecture.
• The Ajitnatha temple, was constructed in 1161 by the Solanki king Kumarapala, under the advice of his teacher, Acharya Hemachandra.
• Both the main sects of Jainism are represented, with adjoining walled compounds: the Śvetāmbara compound consists of fourteen temples in all, and there are also five Digambara-affiliated temples at Taranga hill.

Dress Code

Modest, respectful clothing is expected at this site.

History

• •Taranga became an important Jain pilgrimage site in the 12th century.
• •Kumarapal Pratibodha of Somaprabhacharya, composed in Vikram Samvat 1241, states the local Buddhist king Veni Vatsaraja and a 2nd century CE Jain monk Khaputacharya had built a temple for goddess Tara and thus the town was named Tarapur.
• •The hill is for the most part covered with brushwood and forest is, on the east and west, crossed by a road that lead to a plateau where stand the temples built of white sandstone and brick.

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