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Tejapala
Tejapala was a Jain minister of the Vaghela rulers of Gujarat in the 13th century, serving with his elder brother Vastupala under Viradhavala at Dholka. The brothers were famous patrons of Jain temples and of literature. Tejapala built the Luna Vasahi temple at Dilwara on Mount Abu in 1230, and also commissioned shrines on the sacred mountains of Girnar and Shatrunjaya.
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