Jain sculptures were primarily notable for their splendour. The brilliance of the Jain sculptures can be seen from the fine images of the Jain Tirthankaras. Columned chambers, inner sanctums, domes and pointed spires are the common elements of the Jain shrine architecture.

These figures, also known as tirthankaras or "river-forders," are the principal focus of Jainism art. The highest ideal in Jainism is the wandering, possessionless, and passionless ascetic, which is why jinas are always depicted as mendicants or yogis. They are portrayed in only two positions: either seated in the lotus posture (padmasana) or standing in the exclusively Jain body-abandonment posture (kayotsarga).

In terms of style, ornament, subsidiary figures, Jain sculpture is indistinguishable from sculpture made for other Indian religious groups. Movements and innovations within the Jain religious communities are also depicted in sculpture, which proved influential to members of other religious traditions with which they regularly came in contact. Some features of Jain sculpture are Jain, unmistakable from imagery associated with other sects and they help one to identify the work as Jain in orientation. They include representations of the twenty-four Tirthankaras who are the liberated beings of Jainism. Narrative sequences that are found only in Jain devotional texts. Most common are scenes from the lives of the Tirthankaras especially Mahavira, Parshvanatha, or Rishavanatha.

The Jain sculptures in the following religious places are worth checking out:

Jain Temples, Jaisalmer	Gomateswara Temple, Mysore	Dharmastala Jain Centre, Karnataka	Jain Temples, Rajasthan
Jain Mandir, Warangal	Chaubishi Jain Mandir, Patna	Digambar Jain Lal Temple, Delhi	Pareshnath Jain Temple, Kolkatta
Sri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir, New Delhi	Rishabh Deo Temple, Uttar Pradesh	Taranga Jain Temple, Gujarat	Jain Temples of Madhya Pradesh
Ajit Nath Temple, Mehsana	Bhatkuli Jain Temple, Maharashtra	Digambar Jain Temple, Gujarat	Jain temples of Maharashtra
Palitana Jain Temples, Palitana	Jain Temples, Madhya Pradesh	Mudabidri	Jain Temples of Gujarat
Jain Temple of Jainimedu, Palakkad	Shwetambar Jain Temple, Raipur	Early Jain Vestiges, Tamil Nadu