Ghantai Temple
This temple got its name from the bells suspended on chains which adorn the pillars of its portico. It has 11 naked statues of the Jaina Tirthankaras and two of their Yakshinis. Above the entrance of the temple is an image of an eight armed Jaina Goddess ridi Garuda and holding various weapons, Each end of the lintel has a figure of a Tirthankara.
The nine figures in the left denote the nine planets (Navagraha). The pillars on the portico are gracefully decorated with bands of horned heads (kirtimukha) or 'faces of glory' along with the figures of ascetics and gandharvas. The ceiling of the temple is bordered by rows of panels depicting groups of musicians dancing and playing on many kinds of instruments. The space above the lintel displays the elephant, bull, lion, Lakshmi, garland and other auspicious objects which the mother of Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, saw in her dream before his birth.
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