There have been many critics if the Jain temples of Mount Abu, with wildly divergent views. Some have felt that the craft exhibited here was on the brink of smothering, exhausting itself and degenerating, others that the sculptural decorations is crisp, thin, translucent, shell –like treatment of marble (that) surpasses anything seen elsewhere, and some of the designs are veritable dreams of beauty. There is something unreal about the whiteness of the halls, the play of light on the sculptures And the abundant profusion of decorative work.
It is perhaps appropriate to return to Jain philosophy to understand the meaning of whiteness and the profusion of "frozen beauty" that characterize the interiors of these Jain temples. For infect, form and idea are perfectly synthesized.