The Hindu : Statue of Thirthankara on its way to Rajasthan

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Sunday, Mar 07, 2004

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Statue of Thirthankara on its way to Rajasthan

MANGALORE, MARCH 6. A monolithic statue of the eighth Jain Thirthankara, Sri Chandraprabha, is being transported from Karkala to Rajasthan.

The transportation of the 40-tonne, 16-foot-tall statue, which began on Thursday, has been entrusted to Hazi Crane Company of Rajasthan. A four-foot-high "Kamala Peetha" (pedestal) has already been transported and installed at the Sri 1008 Chandraprabha Digambar Jain Centre at Tizar, where the statue will be installed.

S.K. Jain, president of Jain Atishaya Kshetra, said here on Friday that the work on sculpting the statue was taken up in November 1992 at Shilpanagar in Parpale by the renowned sculptor, Shyamaraya Acharya, and his son, Satish Acharya.

The stone, weighing about 100 tonnes, was brought from Malladevihalli in Kadur taluk of Chikmagalur district.

It was kept at Ujire near Dharmastala for two years for curing before being taken to Shilpanagar for carving, he told presspersons.

It had taken four years for the sculptors to sculpt a "smiling Thirthankara" in the sitting posture (Padmasana).

Mr. Satish Acharya and his team would accompany the statue during its journey, while Mr. Shyamaraya Acharya would reach Tizar to complete the remaining work, including the sculpting of the eyes of the statue, he added. — UNI

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