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    Whats the oldest way of making a jain temple at home. Cow dung flooring. Wooden temple. What else

    5 months ago 57

    In traditional Jain homes, the oldest and most sacred style of making a small jinālaya / derāsar at home focuses on simplicity, cleanliness, non-violence, and purity.

    Common traditional elements include:

    • Cow-dung flooring in the very old rural style, especially in earlier times
    • Wooden temple / wooden shrine
    • Whitewashed or lime-plastered walls
    • Clean raised platform for the idol or scripture
    • Separate, quiet, pure corner of the house
    • No leather, no violence-related items, no food or dust near the shrine
    • Copper, brass, or wooden items for पूजा materials
    • Small bell, lamp, and aasan for worship
    • Simple cloth decoration, often white
    • Fresh water vessel kept clean and separate
    • Swetambar tradition may include more पूजा articles; Digambar tradition keeps the shrine simpler

    Other old traditional features sometimes used:

    • Tulsi? No, not as a Jain necessity
    • Natural materials like clay, stone, wood, lime, and cotton
    • Earthen oil lamp
    • Handmade wooden or stone deity seat
    • A small threshold or partition to preserve sanctity
    • No synthetic colors or plastic items in the sacred area

    If you want the most authentic old Jain home-temple style, the essentials are:

    1. Clean pure space
    2. Wood/stone/natural materials
    3. Very simple decoration
    4. Daily devotion with ahimsa and discipline

    If you want, I can also give you a traditional Jain home temple layout in simple steps.

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