Polo Forest

It is located at the foothills of the Aravalli range and on the banks of perennial Harnav river, spread over the area of 400 square kilometres (99,000 acres).

About 79 tree species, 24 of herbs and shrubs, 16 of climbers, 18 of grasses and bamboos are reported in the area.

There are sloth bears, leopards, panthers, hyenas, water fowls, raptors, passerines, four-horned antelopes, common civet, jungle cats, and flying squirrels.

It is a forest north of Narmada river where multiple levels of trees are easily distinguishable.

The round pillars differ from this style and are plain with intervals of ringlets on the shaft and inverted lotus patterned capital and base.

[4] The carvings on exterior walls include double jangha adorned with images of Yama, Bhairava, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Indra, Parvati, Indrani, Ganesha; social life scenes; bands of humans, elephants, swans and plants.

[4] The large sandstone temple had well carved ceiling and perforated stone screens in the mandapa which have various natural and geometric patterns.

On the lintel of the doorframe of the sanctum, there is an image of Jain Tirthankara Parshwanatha with his attendant deity Padmavati on the sides.

[4] Built in bricks and marble, it was a tri-angi (tri-element) temple having sanctum, antarala and mandapa which can be identified from its surviving plinth.

Built in bricks and sandstone, this Nagara style temple has Indra as a guardian in the surviving doorframe of the mandapa.

On its exterior walls, it has images of Chakreshwari, Padmavati and Ambika associated with Jain Tirthankara Rishabhanatha, Parshwanatha and Neminatha respectively.

Other sculptures include Ganesha, Apsaras, darpankanya (girl holding a mirror), ascetics and animals.

A lake within Polo forest
Sharneshwar Shiva Temple
Lakhera's Temple
Jain Temples
Lakha Mandir Outer Wall
Carved jali screen on the mandapa of "Jain temple 1", 15th century