Chandrawati Jain temple

Chandrawati Jain temple
Chandrawati Jain temple
चंद्रावती मंदिर
	Mahavir Jayanti
Location
Location	Chandrawati village, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
	Location within Uttar Pradesh
Geographic coordinates	25°27′56.1″N 83°07′46.7″E / 25.465583°N 83.129639°E
Temple(s)	2

Chandrawati Jain temple is a

Thirthankara

, of Jainism.

History

According to local tradition, the establishment of this place is attributed to King Domana Deva. In 1877, the English archaeologist A. C. L. Carlleyle conducted excavations at the site and unearthed the remnants of three Jain temples. The architectural style of these remains reflects the characteristics of the 9th and 10th centuries. Today, these precious remains, along with copper plate inscriptions, are carefully preserved at the State Museum Lucknow. Among the inscriptions is one dating back to 1091 CE, which highlights the temple's receipt of grants from King Chandradeva of Gahadavala dynasty.^[1]^[2]

About temple

There are two Jain temples one

Śvētāmbara in the area. The temples were built to commemorate place for three kalyanaka of Chandraprabha.^[3]^[2]^[4] Every year, Chandrawati entices hundreds of thousands of devoted pilgrims, and an additional ghat is presently being constructed in this sacred location.^[5]

Gallery

Digambar temple - main vedi
Chandrawati Shvetambar temple
Shvetambar temple - main vedi

References

Citation

^ Reddy 2022, pp. 51–52.
^ ^a ^b Singh 2009, p. 54.
^ Reddy 2022, p. 51.
^ Singh 2015.
^ TNN 2023.

Sources

ISBN 978-93-56114-46-3
.

Singh, Rana (2009), Banaras: Making of India's Heritage City, Planet Earth & Cultural Understanding,
ISBN 9781443815796

TNN (9 June 2023). "New ghat to come up at Chandravati, a Jain pilgrimage site". The Times of India.
Singh, Binay (25 August 2015). "4 Jain Tirthankaras born in Varanasi". The Times of India.

External links

Media related to Chandrawati Jain temple at Wikimedia Commons

[FOOTNOTEReddy202251–52-1] Reddy 2022, pp. 51–52.

[FOOTNOTESingh200954-2] Singh 2009, p. 54.

[FOOTNOTEReddy202251-3] Reddy 2022, p. 51.

[FOOTNOTESingh2015-4] Singh 2015.

[FOOTNOTETNN2023-5] TNN 2023.

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