User:Heena Golecha/sandbox

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how many of us knew that most of our Jain temples in Coimbatore have a structure called Shikharbadh? We always recognize a temple with a structure on top of the shrine? remember, the curved doom at the top of the shrine?

Yes, that is what is a Shikharbadh. A shikharbaddhi temple is the one comprising of a pinnacle at the top of the shrine which makes the temple appear like it is bound by a mountain peak. This word is derived from the sanskrit where the term "shikhar" means mountain peak and "badha" means bound. the Sankheshvar Parshvanath temple houses this part of the temple which is made up of sand stone brought from Porbandar. It is the first among the Jain Temples to have a Shikharbadh.

So next time you look at a doom like structure at the top of the shrine of the Jain temple at R.S.Puram, it is Shikharbadh that you are looking at.