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The Ghantai temple, also known as the Ghanti temple, is a ruined Jain temple in the Khajuraho town of Madhya Pradesh, India. Similar in style to the Parshvanatha temple , it was dedicated to the Jain tirthankara Rishabhanatha (also known as Adinatha).
The earliest is the Samvat 1011 (AD 954) in the Parshvanath Temple, [6] and the last is Samvat 1234 (1177 AD, it is also the last Chandella era inscription in Khajuraho [7]). [8] Pratishtha events must have taken place in Samvat 1205 and 1215 with multiple images of those years.
The Khajuraho Group of Monuments are a group of Hindu and Jain temples in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India.They are about 175 kilometres (109 mi) southeast of Jhansi, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Khajwa, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Rajnagar, and 49 kilometres (30 mi) from district headquarter Chhatarpur.
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Khajuraho (pronunciation ⓘ) is a city, near Chhatarpur in Chhatarpur district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. One of the most popular tourist destinations in India , Khajuraho has the country's largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples , famous for their erotic sculptures .
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960 – Ghantai temple is built in Khajuraho, Chandela kingdom. c. 960–969 – Convent church of St. Cyriakus, Gernrode in the Marca Geronis constructed. 961 – Tiger Hill Pagoda (Yunyan Pagoda or Huqiu Tower) of Suzhou, China is completed (begun in 907). 962 – Pre Rup temple built in Angkor, Cambodia. 963 – Second abbey at Cluny begun.
The temple is believed to have been constructed by a prominent Jain family between 950 and 970 CE, during the reign of the Chandela king Dhanga. [2] A 954 CE (1011 VS) inscription on the left door jamb of the temple records gifts and endowments of gardens by one Pahila. The gardens are named Pahila-vatika, Chandra-vatika, Laghuchandra-vatika ...