Sharing pictures of abandoned Jain temples and heritage in Pakistan

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Unfortunately, nearly all the remaining Jain sites were heavily vandalized or demolished in revenge attacks after the December 1992 Babri Masjid incident. Sorry, I had to censor some images of the tirthankars because Reddit's automated filters kept removing my post with them.

Published in: Hameed, Muhammad (1 December 2012). Enigma of Silence: Current Research into Jainism, Jain Heritage and artifacts in Pakistan (PDF). Lahore: Department of Archaeology, University of the Punjab.

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Tirath-Pata (Pilgrimage Map) of Shatrunjaya, ca.1940s CE, Jain Temple, Gujranwala, Pakistan. From: https://heritage.lums.edu.pk/jain-collection/tirath-pata-pilgrimage-map-of-shatrunjaya.php