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Picture study: This is a picture of a temple.
- Identify and name it.
- Where is it situated?
- Who built it?
- Write a paragraph about it.
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Short/Brief Note
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Solution
- Dilwara Jain Temple
- Mount Abu (Rajasthan)
- Vastupala
- The five legendary marble temples of Dilwara are a sacred pilgrimage place of the Jains. Many scholars consider them to be one of the most beautiful Jain pilgrimage sites in the world.
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