Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c9.s3.21

c9.s3.21

Beside the temples in the plain, there are sundry remains upon Añjanerī hill. Upon the very highest plateau, 4,300 feet above sea level, and some 2,000 feet above the temples just described, is a small roughly-built temple dedicated to the goddess Añjinī, who is here represented by the usual red-bedaubed rough stone image. The material of which this shrine has been built belonged to a previous temple of a more pretentious design. In the upper cliff to the north-east, just above the pond and bungalows, is a small roughly-hewn Jaina cave. A small doorway, with coarse figures on either side, gives access to a long *verandah* room, off the back of which is the shrine with a roughly-cut Jina seated within. In the lower cliff, in the side of the gorge through which the rough ascent passes, is another small Jaina cave with its sculpture better finished than in the one above. Pārśvanātha flanks the doorways. Like the temples below, these caves belong to the Digambara Jains. Attached to the cave is a water cistern.