rare statues Sept 16 Rare statutes amp pictures of Jain gurus on display

Indore | Monday | 17th September, 2018

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"The Jain museum of Ujjain has 560 statues out of which 200 have been put on display The exhibition organised by Digamber Jain Samaj in collaboration with Jain Museum, Digambar Jain Malwa Prantik Sabha, was inaugurated on Sunday.These statues were found over 100 years ago from Malwa region including Dhar, Guna, Badnawar, Kukshi, Jamner and other places. The newest is of Dhyanasth Jinakriti of 16-17 century AD.In pictures of the statues, Tirthankar Aadinath Khadagasan of seventh-eighth century is the oldest, whereas the newest is that of Tirthankar Padmaprabh of 16th century AD. Indore: A total of 44 rare statues and their 66 pictures belonging to 6th to 17th century have been displayed for the first time in the city at Canary National Art Foundation during a 20-day-long exhibition. "These are the rare statues..