Consider the following statements regarding the Sthanakvasi sub-sect that emerged during the evolutionary history of Svetambara Jainism:
1. It functions as a strictly iconoclastic reform movement that completely rejects idol worship or Murtipuja.
2. The followers bypass temple structures entirely, gathering instead for meditation and confession inside plain non-decorated monastic halls designated as Sthanakas.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Both statements are correct. The Sthanakvasi sect arose around the seventeenth century as an internal critique led by reformers like Lonkashah. They asserted that scriptural analysis of the ancient Agamas lacks any structural validation for building expensive stone temples or casting physical statues of Tirthankaras. They focused fully on internal mental purity, performing their rituals in unadorned public halls called Sthanakas.

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