GUARDIANSOF INDIA’S HERITAGE

Guardians / The people / Pethada

Jain patron · restorer

Pethada

Active 13th century AD

Associated with repairs at Shatrunjaya in 1278 AD.

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No verified likeness
No verified likeness is used in this edition. The initials are a placeholder, not a portrait.
GujaratRestoration

A life in context

The survey of Shatrunjaya identifies the Pethadarasa as a textual record of his repairs. His wider biography is outside what has been established in this edition.

Beyond these sites

  • An early patron within this collection’s preservation period.

Life and context sources: Shatrunjay Giriraj Darshan in Sculptures and Architecture — Kanchansagarsuri, 1982.

THE WORK OF PRESERVATION

Places, actions & evidence

1278 AD · Gujarat

Renewal at Shatrunjaya: Pethada

Historical account

The published survey records a restoration associated with Pethada.

Pethada’s role
Restoration patron
How it happened
Patronage within a continuing Jain pilgrimage institution.
Who helped
The Jain community, religious custodians and builders.
What endured
One phase in a long history of repair and renewal.

What the evidence leaves open. The source distinguishes literary records from inscriptions; no total of rebuilt temples is inferred.

  1. Shatrunjay Giriraj Darshan in Sculptures and Architecture — Kanchansagarsuri, 1982 ↗
    Introduction: Pethadarasa. Review notes.

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