Observe the above panel (from a Jain temple in New Delhi). Class 6

Observe the above panel (from a Jain temple in New Delhi). Class 6

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Question 1.

Observe the above panel (from a Jain temple in New Delhi). What is striking about it? What messages does it carry? Class 6

Answer:

The panel shows lioness and cow both drinking from the same bucket. Striking about is the lioness cub is feeding from the cow, while the cow cub is feeding from lioness. Jainism gives the message on the interconnectedness and interdependence of all creatures,from humans to invisible organisms, as they support each other and cannot live without one another.