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Like all other idols, the images of Jain deities too may be stationary or movable; they may be in the erect or in the sitting posture. They have a purely human shape, and wear neither robes nor ornaments. On the chest the *śrīvatsa* symbol is marked in gold. They are placed on a throne decorated with the *makara-toraṇa*, and the ornamental tree (*kalpa-vriksha*), and are attended by Nārada and other sages, by Yakshas, Vidyādharas, Siddhas, Nāgendras, and Lokapālas, etc. All these attendants, it should be observed, are also known as Hindu deities.