Papaura

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Papora (पपौरा), also called Pampapur, is a temple site in Madhya Pradesh, India, 5 km east of Tikamgarh. The site is a center for the Jain religion. This is an atishaya kshetra ("miraculous holy place"), with 108 shrines.

Variants

• Papaura पपौरा, जिला टीकमगढ़, (AS, p.528)
• Papora
• Paporaji
• Pampapur (पम्पापुर)

History

Paporaji is more than eight hundred years old. The site has two basements; one of them has three idols. The idol of Bhagwan Adinath is made of shining black stone and is two feet and eight inches in height. Idols inside are also in same color and stone. Two of the three Adinath idols were installed in V.S. 1202 (AD 1145) according to the inscriptions on them and are oldest at this Kshetra.

In 1783, the ruler of Orchha Vikramajit (1776–1817) shifted his capital from Orchha to Tehri and renamed it Tikamgarh, which is in the vicinity of Papora. An inscription of Vikrama 1840 (AD 1784) suggests that the site then had emerged as a tirtha. Motilal Varni (an associate of Ganesh Varni), had established a religious school which has produced several distinguished scholars like Darbari Lal Kothia. He had donated his own collection of handwritten manuscripts to the school.

Architecture

The oldest temples mainly from 18th and 19th century, are in the part termed Prachina Samucchaya, which includes two underground chambers (bhoyras) from the 12th century. In 1860 AD, a unique cluster of 24 temples was constructed. At the same time the chariot-shaped temple that serves as the grand entrance gate was constructed. A number of temples were constructed in 1965. Many temples have notable old and modern wall paintings. Temple construction has gradually continues, with a circular Bahubali temple being among the recent ones.

Prayers and worship take place in the temple basement and in Chandraprabhu Mandir, with an idol dated samvat 1524 that is regarded to be helpful in materializing the desires of pilgrims. The temple of Lord Parshvanath contains a unique image of Padmavati devi.

In addition to the 108 temples, there exists a school and a library founded by Motilal Varni, an Udasina Ashrama and a hostel for the students. Four dharmashalas, a rest house and a dining hall is also in the tirth kshetra compound.

पपौरा

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ...पपौरा, जिला टीकमगढ़, (AS, p.528): प्राय: 75 प्राचीन जैन मंदिर इस रमणीक पहाड़ी स्थान में बने हुये हैं. इनमें प्राचीनतम अब से प्राय: 800 वर्ष पुराना है.

पपौरा परिचय

पपौरा जी जो पम्पापुर नाम से भी प्रसिद्ध है एक जैन तीर्थ क्षेत्र है जो मध्य प्रदेश के टीकमगढ़ से 5 किमो पूर्व में स्थित है। यह एक अतिशय क्षेत्र है जहाँ 108 जिनालय है।

इतिहास: यह जगह 800 वर्ष से भी अधिक प्राचीन है। भगवान आदिनाथ की प्रतिमा जी काले पाषाण से निर्मित है। सबसे पुराने मंदिरों को प्राचीन समुच्चय कहा जाता है। इसमें दो भूमिगत कक्षों जो 12 वीं सदी के है भी शामिल है। 1860 में 24 मंदिरों के एक अद्वितीय क्लस्टर का निर्माण किया गया था। उसी समय रथ के आकार के मंदिर का भी निर्माण किया गया था। है के रूप में भव्य प्रवेश द्वार का निर्माण किया गया था. 1965 में मंदिरों की एक संख्या का निर्माण किया गया था। कई मंदिरों में उल्लेखनीय है, और आधुनिक दीवार के चित्रों । मंदिर निर्माण जारी है, के साथ एक परिपत्र बाहुबली मंदिर जा रहा है के बीच हाल ही में लोगों को.