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

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posted on 2017-07-03, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie

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.

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Calcutta Jain Temple Complex

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-07-03

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Kolkata, West Bengal, India|+22.591550+88.377835|Kolkata

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

Nineteenth century

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