Pooni Jain Temple Bhodesar – Nagarparkar - Tharparkar

Nagarparkar is located in southern province of Sindh in Pakistan, which is approximately 450 km from Karachi.
Bhodesar is 4 miles from Nagarparkar which features the ruins of three Jain temples. Bhodesar was the region's capital during Sodha rule.
Two of the three temples were used as cattle sheds, while the third was noted in 1897 to be in disrepair with holes in the back. An ancient water tank, known as Bhodesar Talao, was also built in the nearby hills.
The oldest temple (mandir), was built in the classical style with stones without any mortar, built around the 9th century CE, by a Jain woman named Poni Daharo.
It is built on a high platform and reached by a series of steps carved into the rock. It has beautifully carved huge stone columns and other structural elements.
The remaining walls are unstable and partially collapsed.
The two other Jain temples are said to have been built in 1375 CE and 1449 CE, built of kanjur and redstone, with fine carvings and corbelled domes.
The temples are protected by the Antiquities Act 1968, which was replaced by the Antiquities Act 1975.
The site is managed by Director General of Archaeology and Museums. The Endowment Fund Trust for Preservation of the Heritage of Sindh, established in 2008, has undertaken restoration works at the site using private funding.
The landscape was submitted by the Pakistani government in 2016 to be inscribed on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2016.