Mahendravarma Pallavan (around 600 CE) was a Jain, but then converted to Saivism after a debate between a Saivaite devotee and a Jain devotee resulted in the Saivaite devotee's victory. In Vishnu temples in Kanchi you can see some wall reliefs recording the execution of the Jain devotee who lost...
Mahendravarma Pallavan (around 600 CE) was a Jain, but then converted to Saivism after a debate between a
Saivaite devotee and a Jain devotee resulted in the Saivaite devotee's victory. In Vishnu temples in Kanchi you can
see some wall reliefs recording the execution of the Jain devotee who lost...
The execution of Jains was a myth. The sculpture was based on the purana.