Pareshnath Temple complex: View from interior pond and garden of two of the temples

Date

Circa 1910

Location

Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

The temple was built by a Marwari Shrimal Jain named Rai Badridas Bahadoor Mookim in 1867. Badridas had made his fortune as a jeweler, serving as a court jeweler to the Viceroy and Governor General. The complex is subdivided into 4 areas, each with a temple. The temples are studded with mirrors and Belgian glass, covered with mosiac. They are surrounded by ornamental gardens and ponds.

Creator

G. Massiot & cie

Date

Circa 1910

Material Type

photographs

Link to source

https://curate.nd.edu/show/x346d220w54

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