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Altarpiece or shrine

Altarpiece divided into 25 compartments; in the centre is the twenty-third Jain Tirthankara, Parshvanatha, standing in Kayotsarga (body-abandonment) posture with a five-hooded serpent behind him. In each of the remaining compartments is one of the 24 Jain Tirthankaras seated in meditative posture.

Kind
artefact
Date
1400–1699 CE