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PARSHWANATH TEMPLE This temple is dedicated to Lord Parswanath wherein in each storey, in all the four sides, images of Paraswanath are installed. This was built by Mandlik and his family in 1458-59 A.D. This three-storyed temple, with its pinnacle, is the tallest of all shrines at Delwara. In this sanctum, on each of the four sides, is installed a white marble stone sculpture of Paraswanath, canopied by nine snake-hoods and with eleborate Parikar round each figure. In front of two of these sculptures ornate Torans are resting on similar pillars. On all the four faces of the sanctum on the ground floor are four big Mandaps. The outer walls of the sanctum contains some beautiful and vibrant sculptures in grey sandstone, depicting Dikpals, double set of Vidhyadevis - one of standing figures and another of sitting ones and a set of all the 24 Yakshinis, Shalabhanjikas and other decorative sculptures especially of females comparable with the specimen of Khujrao, Konark etc. The legend that the artists employed in building the temples of Vimal Vasahi and Luna Vasahi eracted this shrine with the help of remaining stone of these temples is obviously wrong. The temple was constructed after 425 years of Vimal Vasahi and 225 years after Luna Vasahi and is constructed with grey sandstone (not white marble).
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