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Hutheesing
Temple
is
a
Jain
temple
in
Ahmedabad
in
Gujarat,
India.
It
was
constructed
in
1848
by
Hutheesing
family.
The
temple
blends
the
old
Maru-Gurjara
temple
architecture
style
with
new
architectural
elements
of
haveli
in
its
design.
The
construction
of
the
temple
was
initiated
originally
planned
by
Hatheesing
Kesarisinh,
a
wealthy
trader
of
Ahmedabad
who
died
at
the
age
of
49.
The
construction
was
supervised
and
completed
by
his
wife
Harkunwar.
The
total
cost
was
approximately
₹10
lakh
(equivalent
to
₹64
crore
or
US$8.0
million
in
2020).
The
chief
temple
architect
was
Premchand
Salat.
The
temples
is
located
outside
the
Delhi
Darwaza.
Lockwood
de
Forest
who
was
a
business
associate
of
Muganbhai
Hutheesing,
the
son
of
Sheth
Hatheesing,
estimated
the
cost
as
"over
a
million
dollars".
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.
Salat
has
blended
the
old
temple
architecture
style
with
new
architectural
elements
of
haveli
in
designing
the
temple.
It
uses
the
Māru-Gurjara
style,
with
many
similarities
to
Bhadreshwar
and
Ranakpur.
The
temple
is
built
from
white
marble.
The
main
gateway
porch
features
architectural
elements
of
wooden
haveli
including
decorated
walls,
carved
balustrades,
overarching
balconies,
chabutras
and
jalis.
It
is
a
nirandhara-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:
a
garbhagriha
(sanctum),
a
gudhamandapa
(closed
shrine
hall
with
porches),
a
vestibule
and
a
sabhamandapa
(assembly
hall),
each
having
its
own
shikhara.
The
principal
temple
is
52.5
metre
high
and
double-stories.
The
garbhagriha
on
the
east
end
has
three
ornate
spires.
The
large
ridged
dome
of
the
gudhamandapa
is
supported
by
twelve
ornate
pillars.
The
large
protruding
porches
have
ornate
columns
and
brackets
with
figures
on
three
outer
sides.
The
temple
is
dedicated
to
Dharmanatha,
the
fifteenth
Jain
Tirthankara,
whose
marble
image
is
housed
in
the
central
sanctum.
The
principal
temple
houses
eleven
deities,
six
in
basement
and
five
in
three
bay
sanctuary.
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".
The
principal
temple
is
surrounded
by
an
open
courtyard
with
a
colonnaded
cloister
with
52
devakulikas
(secondary
shrines),
each
containing
an
image
of
a
deity.
The
temple
is
also
known
for
rainwater
harvesting
structure
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