High medieval · Jain · India

Dilwara Temples

Mount Abu, Rajasthan · 24.6280°, 72.7230°

Adinatha, Neminatha & other TirthankarasChaulukya–VaghelaMaru-Gurjara (white marble)
Sacred since
1031 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
Vimal Vasahi 1031; Luna Vasahi 1230
patron: Vimal Shah; Vastupala & Tejapala

History & significance

Marble carving's furthest point: five temples whose ceilings, cusped toranas and lotus pendants are cut to translucency — artisans, the account goes, were paid by the weight of marble dust they removed. Built by ministers of the Solanki court, they remain fully active Jain tirthas beside their fame as monuments.

Sthala katha — the legend

The knotted-serpent pendant of the Luna Vasahi and the Vimal Vasahi's 360-idol elephant cell honour renunciant merchant-statesmen — Vastupala and Tejapala's inscription prays the temples last 'as long as sun and moon endure'.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-26 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chaulukya–Vaghela