The place of worship for Jainism is called the "Deresar." They are usually built of marble. There are two types of Dehresars: the Shikar-bandhi deresar and the Ghar derasar. The term "Shikar-bandhi" means "one with the dome" and a Ghar deresar means "home temple without a dome." A deresar of 100 years old, is referred to as tirtha. Some deresars have rules such as: wear clean clothes to worship, no eating, and do not not enter if hurt.
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