About 7 km west Bhubaneswar are the hillsof Udayagiri and Khandaragiri whre caves cut from rocks seem to form a honeycomb. Many caves are omately carved and most are through to have been chiseled out for Jain ascetics in the 1st century. Also part of this complexare a series of Jain temples.
Mandu, in Madhya Pradesh, houses a Jain Temple Complex, with richly decorated temples. They also feature. Thirthankaras in marble, silver and gold, some with glinting jade eyes.
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