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 & cieThe 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 ComplexDate Created
1910-01-01Date Modified
2017-07-03Temporal Coverage
before or circa 1910Rights Statement
To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.Cultural Context
Nineteenth centurySpatial Coverage
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