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The Dilwara Temples or Delvada Temples are a group of Śvētāmbara Jain temples located about kilometres from the Mount Abu settlement in Sirohi District, Rajasthan 's only hill station. The earliest were built by Bhima I and supposedly designed or at least financed by Vastupala, Jain minister of Dholka. [1]
Built in: During 11th - 13th century. Dedicated to: Adinath, Rishabh Dev, Neminath, Mahavir Swami, Parshvanath. Significance: Famous pilgrimage of the Jains. How to reach: One can easily reach Dilwara Temple by taking regular Buses or by hiring taxis from anywhere in Rajasthan.
Located amidst the lush green Aravalli hills of Mount Abu in Rajasthan, the Dilwara Temple is the most beautiful pilgrimage site for the Jains. Designed by Vastupal Tejpal and built by Vimal Shah between the 11th and 13th century, this temple is renowned for the opulent use of marble and intricate carvings on every hook and corner.
Nestled in the laps of Aravalli Hills in Mount Abu, the Delwara Temples represent the finest craftsmanship exemplified by the devotion, persistence, and spiritual rising of the Jain Community and every individual who stood in support of this exemplar edifice across the last few centuries.
Dilwara Jain Temple are one of the world most beautiful and sacred pilgrimage of Jains in the world. Located just 2.5 km from Mount Abu, Rajasthan, Dilwara temples justifies the beauty of Mount Abu also as the only hill station of Rajasthan.
Dilwara Jain Temples is one of the finest Jain temple known world over for its extraordinary architecture and marvelous marble stone carvings, some experts also consider it architecturally superior to the Taj Mahal.
The famous Dilwara temple of the Jain sect is located at around 2.5kms from the main town of Mount Abu. This masterpiece is at its architectural supremacy and is considered at par with Taj Mahal of Agra. During the rule of the Solanki dynasty, the temple was built by two renowned sculptors of the time, Vistupal and Tejpal.
