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The
labour bestowed on this image is really astonishing and the image is
on the whole a very successful master peice of sculpture. The best
part of the image is its face with its wonderful contemplative
expression touched with a faint smile with which Gommata gazes out
on the struggling world. The spirit of Jaina renunciation is fully
brought out in this statue. The nudity of the image indicates
absolute renunciation, while its stiff and erect posture suggests
perfect self-control. The benign smile on the face shows the inward
bliss and sympathy for the suffering world. In spite of its slight
anatomical defects, the image looks majestic and impressive. From
the terrace around the Gommata image a wonderful sight meets the eye
on all sides extending over a radius of about 60-65 Kms. On a clear
day man well-known places can be identified through field glasses.
This sacred place assumes an indescribable charm at dawn, at sunset,
by moonlight and in the darkness of a starlit night.
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