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Hutheesing Jain Temple
Hutheesing Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Jainism
Sect	Śvetāmbara
Deity	Dharmanatha
Festivals	Mahavir Janma Kalyanak
Location
Municipality	Ahmedabad
State	Gujarat
Country	India
Shown within Ahmedabad Show map of Ahmedabad Hutheesing Jain Temple (Gujarat) Show map of Gujarat
Coordinates	23°2′27.92″N72°35′22.6″E / 23.0410889°N 72.589611°E /23.0410889; 72.589611
Architecture
Creator	Premchand Salat
Established	1848
Temple	1

Hutheesing Temple is aJain temple inAhmedabad inGujarat, India. It was constructed in 1848 by theHutheesing family. The temple blends the oldMaru-Gurjara temple architecture style with new architectural elements ofhaveli in its design.

The construction of the temple was originally planned and initiated by Hutheesing Kesarisinh, a wealthy trader of Ahmedabad. Following his death at the age of 49, the construction was supervised and completed by his wife, Harkunwar. The total cost was approximately₹10 lakh (equivalent to₹75 crore or US$8.9 million in 2023).^{[1][2][3][4][5]} The chief temple architect was Premchand Salat.^[4][5] The temple is located outside the Delhi Darwaza.^[2]

Lockwood de Forest, who was a business associate of Muganbhai Hutheesing, the son ofSheth Hutheesing, estimated the cost as "over a million dollars".^[6] The temple was built during a severe famine in Gujarat. Building the temple employed hundreds of skilled artisans which supported them for a period of two years.

The temple is managed by a Hutheesing family trust.^[1]

Salat has blended the old temple architecture style with new architectural elements ofhaveli in designing the temple.^[5] It uses theMāru-Gurjara style, with many similarities toBhadreshwar andRanakpur.^[7] The temple is built from white marble.^[4]

The main gateway porch features architectural elements of woodenhaveli including decorated walls, carvedbalustrades, overarching balconies,chabutras andjalis.^[5]

It is anirandhara-prasada type of the temple which do not feature an ambulatory passage. The west-facing temple is built on a large platform. The principal temple has three sanctuaries in a row: agarbhagriha (sanctum), agudhamandapa (closed shrine hall with porches), a vestibule and asabhamandapa (assembly hall), each having its ownshikhara. The principal temple is 52.5 metre high and double-stories. Thegarbhagriha on the east end has three ornate spires. The large ridged dome of thegudhamandapa is supported by twelve ornate pillars. The large protruding porches have ornate columns and brackets with figures on three outer sides.^[7][8][5][4] The temple is dedicated toDharmanatha, the fifteenthJain Tirthankara, whose marble image is housed in the central sanctum.^[5] The principal temple houses eleven deities, six in basement and five in three bay sanctuary.^[5][3] The porch and the outer mandapa each have three domes. There is a good deal of "sharply sculpted" decoration, "but figures appear only at the brackets".^[7]

The principal temple is surrounded by an open courtyard with a colonnadedcloister with 52devakulikas (secondary shrines), each containing an image of a deity.^[8]

The temple is also known forrainwater harvesting structure.^[5]

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  Front façade of the gateway porch
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  Decoration of the gateway porch
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  Ornamentation of the doorframe
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  Three sanctuaries of the temple
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  Decoration of theGudhamandapa
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  Ceiling
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  Sabhamandapa
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  Carved exterior wall
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  Colonnaded cloister

There is a 78 feet highManastambha (or a column of honour) in its outer courtyard. It is inspired by theKirti Stambha atChittore inRajasthan. It is six stories in height and enshrines an idol ofMahavira. It was built to commemorate the 2500th birth anniversary of Mahavira.^[5][9][4] Some of the motifs of the column are compared to theSultanate minarets of theMughal era.^[4]

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• Hegewald, Julia A. B. (2011)."The International Jaina Style? Māru-Gurjara Temples Under the Solaṅkīs, throughout India and in the Diaspora".Ars Orientalis.45.doi:10.3998/ars.13441566.0045.005.ISSN 2328-1286.

• Michell, George (1990),The Penguin Guide to the Monuments of India, Volume 1: Buddhist, Jain, Hindu, 1990, Penguin Books,ISBN 0140081445

• Jain Wiki Item:Q900

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