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Trilokyanatha Temple
12.8303° N, 79.6808° E
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Trilokyanatha Temple, also called Thirupparuthikundram Jain temple or Jeenaswamy Trilokyanathar temple, is an 8th-century Digambara Jain temple in Thiruparthikundram, in northeast Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu, India. The suburb and the area around this temple is also called Jain Kanchi. The stone temple is dedicated to the Jain Tirthankaras, but is notable for integrating Hindu deities with Jain deities within the premises of the temple, particularly as Ksetrapalas. Constructed in Dravidian architecture, the temple was built during the reign of Narasimhavarman II of the Pallava dynasty. The temple was expanded by the Jain community with financial support of Medieval Cholas, later Pallavas and Vijayanagar kings. The temple is administered by Department of Archaeology of the Government of Tamil Nadu as a protected monument, while it is maintained by hereditary trustees.
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Narasimhavarman II inscription
700–728 CE
Original construction
c. 800 AD
Chola inscriptions — Rajendra Chola I
1054–1063 CE
Chola inscriptions — Kulothunga Chola I
1070–1120 CE
Chola inscriptions — Vikrama Chola
1118–1135 CE
Tower construction (tradition)
1199
Walls construction (tradition)
13th century
Sangeetha Mandapa built
1387
Adinatha image preservation
16th century
Krishnadevaraya repainting
1509–1529 CE
Administrative change
1991
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