SHREE PAVAPURI TEERTH JEEV MAITRIDHAM:

PURPOSE:

1. TO STUDY DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE ACCORDING TO ITS TOPOGRAPHY & SURROUNDING.

2. TO DISTINGUISH VARIOUS FUNCTIONS PERFORMED IN TWO I.E. TEMPLE AND COMPLEX AND
ALSO THE CORRELATION.

3. TO UNDERSTAND PLACEMENT, CIRCULATION, ZONING, DETAILS OF PARTICULAR

INFRASTRUCTURE.

ABOUT

INTRODUCTION :

IT IS ONE OF THE BEST DEVELOPED TEMPLE COMPLEX IN RAJASTHAN BY K.P . SANGHVI GROUP
SITUATED ON DELHI-KANDLA HIGHWAY,SIROHI.

IT COMPRISES A JAIN TIRTH(TEMPLE COMPLEX) AND JEEV RAKSHA KENDRA (ANIMAL WELFARE
CENTER) WHICH PROVIDE SHELTER TO 5,500 STRAY CATTLE.

THE TEMPLE COMPLEX OCCUPIES 288,136.2 M2 AREA AND THE JEEV RAKSHA KENDRA (ANIMAL
WELFARE CENTER) SPREADS OVER 668,540.7 M2.
• LOCATION : HIGHWAY NO. SIROHI, RAJASTHAN, INDIA
• CLIMATE : HOT AND DRY

• SITE AREA : 230 ACRES

• TOPOGRAPHY : CONTOURED SITE

• PROJECT YEAR : 2001

• ARCHITECT : AR.KISHOR HATIWALA, AR.MATHAROO

• FOOTFALL : 1000 PER DAY

CLIMATE :

SIROHI HAS DRY CLIMATE WITH HOT SUMMERS AND COLD WINTERS.

AT AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 34.4 °C, JUNE IS THE HOTTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR.

JANUARY HAS THE LOWEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR. IT IS 14.4 °C.

AVERAGE PRECIPITATION 180

CONNECTIVITY :

• BY ROAD: 22 KM FROM SIROHI DISTRICT OF RAJASTHAN. BUSES ARE AVAILABLE FROM SIROHI. IT
TAKES 1 HOUR JOURNY FROM SIROHI.

• BY RAIL: 57 KILOMETERS FROM ABU ROAD RAILWAY STATION

• BY AIR: 145 KMS FROM UDAIPUR AIRPORT

AIM AND OBJECTIVE :

• TO STUDY DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE ACCORDING TO ITS TOPOGRAPHY & SURROUNDING.

• TO DISTINGUISH VARIOUS FUNCTIONS PERFORMED IN TWO I.E. TEMPLE AND COMPLEX AND ALSO
THE CORRELATION.

• TO UNDERSTAND PLACEMENT, CIRCULATION, ZONING, DETAILS OF PARTICULAR

INFRASTRUCTURE.

JUSTIFICATION :

• IT CONSISTS ALL BASIC AND SECONADARY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROJECT.

• IT HAS GRID PLANNING. CAMPUS HAS BEEN DESIGNED KEEPING DEVOTEES NEEDS IN
MIND.CONTOURS HAS BEN EXCELLENTLY WORKED OUT.

• KNOWN AS ONE OF THE BEST DESIGNED TEMPLE COMPLEX IN RAJASTHAN.

TOPOGRAPHY :

PAVAPURI SITS ENSCONCED AMIDST THE CONTEMPLATIVE ARAVALI MOUNTAIN RANGE THAT SITS
LIKE A DETERMINED YOGI IN MEDITATION. THE SITE IS SLOPING DOWN NATURALLY TOWARDS EAST
DIRECTION WITH LEVEL DIFFERENCE ABOUT 8M.THERE ARE NATURAL CONTOURS ON THE SITE

FESTIVAL AND FOOTFALL :

 ON AVERAGE 1000 PEOPLE VISIT THIS HOLY PLACE DAILY. AMONGST THEM 300-400 PEOPLE STAYS
IN THE COMPLEX.ANNUAL FESTIVALS IS HELD HERE ON MAHAVEER JAYANTI, PARYUSHAN, CHAITRA
POORNIMA, KARTIK POORNIMA.ON FESTIVALS FOOTFALL GOES UPTO 3000-4000.

TEMPLE COMPLEX

THE TEMPLE COMPLEX THE TEMPLE COMPLEX OCCUPIES 288,136.2 M2 AREA . IT HAS TWO ENTRIES
AND ONE SERVICE ENTRY. ALL THE ACCESS ARE FROM DELHI- KANDLA HIGHWAY. THE MAIN ENTRY
HAS BEEN RECESSED FROM HIGHWAY. IT LEADS TO THE MAIN TEMPLE OF THE CAMPUS. BASIC
FACILITIES FOR VISITORS ARE DEVELOPED. THE CAMPUS CONSIST OF ADMINISTRATION,
BHOANSHALA,DHRAMASHALA ETC.

MAIN TEMPLE

TEMPLE HAS APPROCH BY THE 68 FEET WIDE AND 47 FEET TALL ENTRANCE. A 69 INCHES TALL
MARBLE IDOL OF SHREE SHANKHESHWAR PARSHWANATH PRESIDES OVER THIS TEMPLE
COMPLEX.THE TEMPLE ALSO HAS A KESAR KAKSH AND WATER ROOM.

JAL MANDIR

JAL MANDIR THE JAL MANDIR CONSISTS A BEAUTIFUL CHAUMUKHI MARBLE IDOL OF SHREE
MAHAVIR BHAGWAN. THE INSTALLATION WAS DONE ON 1ST OF MAY 2009. THIS JAL MANDIR
REMINDS OF ITS FAMOUS JAL MANDIR AT THE PAVAPURI TIRTH PRESENT IN BIHAR.

LANDSCAPING :

• IN ALL, ABOUT ONE LAKH TEN THOUSAND TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED HERE. CAMPUS INCLUDES
EVERGREEN SHRUBS AND TREES, FLOWER ETC.

• THERE IS ALSO A GARDEN CALLED GRIHA NAKSHATRA VATIKA WHERE TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED
AS PER ASTRONOMICAL CONSTELLATIONS.

• MANMADE MOUNTS ARE CREATED TO FOCUS STATUES WITH FENCING AROUND.SHADED

PATHWAYS.

• 6 M WIDE INTERNAL CEMENT ROADS AND 1.5 M WIDE PAVER BLOCKS PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS

MATERIALS

• TEMPLE IS CLADDED WITH THE LOCALLY AVAILABLE PINK SANDSTONE AND INTERIOR FINISH IS
DONE IN MARBLE.

• DHARAMSHALAS ARE PARTLY FRAMED AND PARTLY LOAD BEARING STRUCTURES, ROOFS ARE
PITCHED AND FINISHED WITH MANGALORE TILES. GOENKA DHARAMSHALA AND ART GALLERY HAVE
CLADDING OF LOCALLY AVAILABLE NIMBADA STONE.
• GAUSHALA 1 CONSIST OF R.C.C. ROOFS WITH CHINA PATTI WHILE GAUSHALA 2 & 3 HAVE
FABRICATED STRUCTURES. GATHERING HALLS IN PREMISES ARE PRE FABRICATED.

• FERRO CEMENT HAS BEEN USED IN UPASHRAYAS.

SERVICES

• BIOGAS PLANT : THE GAS FROM THE BIO-GAS PLANT IS ALSO UTILIZED FOR COOKING FOOD IN THE
BHOJANSHALA

. • RAINWATER HARVESTING : THIS RESERVOIR BUILT ALLOWS THE ACCUMULATION AND

DEPOSITION OF RAINWATER FOR REUSE ON-SITE. THE CONSERVED WATER IS USED FOR GARDENS,
LIVESTOCK, IRRIGATION, DOMESTIC USE ETC.

• SOLAR PLANT : PROVIDES 300KW OF ENERGY TO THE SITE FOR ELECTRICITY.

• OVERHEAD WATER TANK : 2,00,000 LTR

UNDEGROUND WATER TANK : 50,000 LTR

• PARKING : 31645 SQ.M., 300 CARS, 50 BUSES

• FIRE FIGHTING INSTRUMENTS, M.E.P.,DRINKING WATER BOOTHES, DUSTBINS, BENCHES, STREET

LIGHTS AT INTERVALS

. • WHEELCHAIR FACILITY FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED

CONCLUSIONS:

• THE HIERARCHY OF BUILT FORMS ALONG THE TOPOGRAPHY SYMBOLISES THE BASIC PRINCIPLE OF
SCALE MODULATION ALONG WITH RESPONSE TO IMMEDIATE CONTEXT. MINIMIZING THE
INTERVENTION.

• USE OF TRADITIONAL BUILT FORM AND INVOLVING LOCAL CRAFTSMEN.USING LOCAL MATERIALS
AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON SITE.

• THE NATIVE SPECIES OF PLANTS AND TREES USED FOR LANDSCAPING.

JEEV RAKSHA KENDRA (ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER ):

SHREE SUMATI JEEV RAKSHA KENDRA IS A GAUSHALA (COW SHELTER) WHICH EXTENDS OVER
MORE THAN 70,00,000 SQ. FT. AREA.

THE FIRST PHASE OF THE GAUSHALA WAS INAUGURATED IN THE YEAR 1998 AND SECOND,THIRD
PHASE IN THE YEAR 2001. AS ON 2017, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 6150 CATTLE HERE. AROUND 4
TYPES OF LIVESTOCK SUCH AS COWS, CALVES, BULLOCKS AND OXEN ARE PROVIDED SHELTER HERE.
TO AVOID ANY DIFFICULTY IN MANAGING THIS SERVICE, THE HERDS OF DIFFERENT LIVESTOCK ARE
CATEGORISED INTO DIFFERENT WARDS. THERE ARE EVEN SOME WARDS WHICH ONLY MAINTAIN
SICK CATTLE WHICH ARE TREATED WITH UTMOST CARE.

THE SHELTER HAS 42 RCC ROOF SHEDS AND 153 TIN SHEDS FOR ANIMALS. THE SHELTER ALSO HAS
RESIDENTIAL QUARTERS FOR THE HERDSMEN WHO TAKE CARE OF THE CATTLE. THERE ARE 14
LARGE AND SMALL STORAGE SHEDS (BHANDAR GHARS) TO STORE THE HAY THAT IS IMPORTED
FROM VARIOUS STATES OF THE COUNTRY

VETERINARY DOCTORS RESIDING AT THE CAMPUS, TREAT NOT ONLY THE CATTLE IN THE PREMISES
BUT ALSO FROM NEARBY VILLAGES. MOREOVER, WATER TANKS AND DAMS HAVE BEEN
CONSTRUCTED TO ENSURE AMPLE SUPPLY OF WATER DURING DRY SPELLS AND FRUIT BEARING
TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED FOR BIRDS AS WELL.

THE CLUSTER
THE CLUSTER IS A PLAN OF 5 EQUILATERAL TRIANGLES IN THE HEXAGON FORM WHERE THE ONE
SIDE IS USED AS APPROACH. 9 COW SHEDS ARE ARRANGED IN SUCH A WAY THAT 3 SHEDS ON EACH
LENGTH OF TRIANGLE. THE CLUSTER PLANNING LIMITS MOVEMENT OF CATTELES AND THUS BETTER
FOR WATCH

SHREE JIRAWALA JAIN TIRTH

1. TO STUDY DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE ACCORDING TO ITS TOPOGRAPHY I.E. ON HILLY AREA.

2. TO UNDERSTAND ALLOCATION, DISTRIBUTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SERVICES.

3. TO STUDY THE MATERIALS AND THE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES USED ON SUCH SITE.

• INTRODUCTION :

SHRI JIRAWALA PARSHWANATH JAIN DERASAR IS A FAMOUS AND ONE OF THE OLD JAIN TEMPLE IN
INDIA.THE TEMPLE IS DEDICATED TO LORD PARSHVANATHA, THE 23RD JAIN TIRTHANKARA.

THE SITE IS 8KM AWAY FROM HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE REVDAR CITY.

THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF ARAVALI MOUNTAIN RANGE.SLOPE OF HILL HAS BEEN
JUSTIFIED BY STEPPED DEVELOPMENT, PROPER CIRCULATION PATHS AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN.
• LOCATION : JIRAWAL, SIROHI, RAJASTHAN, INDIA

• CLIMATE : HOT AND DRY

• SITE AREA : 13 ACRES

• TOPOGRAPHY : HILLY AREA

• PROJECT YEAR : 1134CE (TEMPLE), 2015 (COMPLEX)

• ARCHITECT : AR. NIMISH CHOWKSY

• FOOTFALL : 700 PER DAY