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Taranga Ajitanatha temple

A standing Jain temple whose original principal image was lost and replaced.

Taranga Hills · Gujarat

LAST DOCUMENTED CONDITION

Survives with damage

As documented: 2026-09-28
LOCATION PRECISION

Approximate locality

23.9664°, 72.7547° · not a surveyed footprint

How to read this history

AI-assisted source review: 2026-09-28. Independent specialist review: not completed.

The recorded chronology

Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.

  1. Damage · unknown causeOpen this episode on the map ↗

    Before the 1422 AD replacement · exact date unresolved

    The account records destruction of the original Ajitanatha image and a replacement installed in 1422.

    eventAttributed · further checking needed

    The account records destruction of the original Ajitanatha image and a replacement installed in 1422.

    This entry concerns loss of an image, not destruction of the whole temple.

    dateUnknown

    Before the 1422 replacement · exact date unresolved

    Exact dating remains unresolved.

    actorUnknown

    A responsible individual or organization has not been established.

    Cause and responsibility must not be inferred from a ruin alone.

    Location & last documented condition

    locationSupported in consulted sources

    Approximate locality; not a surveyed historic footprint.

    present conditionAttributed · further checking needed

    The structure survives with documented losses.

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