Shankheshwar Jain Temple

Coordinates: 23°30′29.3″N 71°47′15.6″E / 23.508139°N 71.787667°E / 23.508139; 71.787667
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Shankeshwar Jain Temple
Parshva
FestivalsPosh Dashami,[note 1] Mahavir Janma Kalyanak, Diwali
Location
LocationShankheshwar, Gujarat, India
Shankheshwar Jain Temple is located in Gujarat
Shankheshwar Jain Temple
Location within Gujarat
Geographic coordinates23°30′29.3″N 71°47′15.6″E / 23.508139°N 71.787667°E / 23.508139; 71.787667
Architecture
CreatorSajjan Shah
Date established1098 CE
Website
www.shankheshwartemple.org

The Shankheshwar Jain Temple is located in the center of

Parshwanath and is an important place of pilgrimage for the followers of Jainism.[2][3]

Jain legend

In ancient scriptures,[

Parshvanath and worshipping his idol, which went on to be worshipped in the worlds of gods, demons, and on earth.[citation needed
]

History

In the year 1155

Rupen river. In Vikram Samvat 1286 (1229 CE), Vastupala—Tejpal renovated this temple under the instructions of Vardhamansuri. There were 52 idols in the temple. In VS 1302, king Durjansalya, awed by the idol and inspired by Uktasuri, renovated the temple substantially. In the fourteenth century VS, the temple was destroyed by Alauddin Khalji. In the sixteenth century VS, under the inspiration of Vijaysensuri, a new temple with 52 idols was built. In VS 1760 (1703 CE), the sangha built the new temple and got the idol reinstalled. Besides the original sanctuary, the temple has an open square, a decorated square, a vast square and two assembly halls.[citation needed] The current temple was built in 1811.[5]

About temples

Shankheshwar Parshvanath idol

The mulnayak, the main idol, nearly 182 centimetres (72 in) high, is a white-coloured idol of

Chakreshwari are also in the temple. On the tenth day of the month of Posh, the tenth day of the dark half of the month of Magasar, and during the Diwali
days, thousands of pilgrims come to observe a two-day-long fast.

Shankheshwar is considered one of the most important Jain

Mahopadhyaya Yashovijaya.[9]

At present, the temple complex is under renovation. The doors of the small temples on the passage for going around the temple are being enlarged, and the height of their summits will be raised.

Other Jain temples

Besides this temple, there are several other Jain temples - the Agam Mandir,[10] the modern sprawling complex of 108 Parshvanath and Padmavati (108 Parshwanath Bhaktivihar Tirth), Rajendrasuri Navkar Mandir, Kalapurnam Smriti Mandir, the Gurumandir, and Dadawadi are important.[citation needed]

There is a temple dedicated to

Bhaktamara Stotra built by Jain Acharya Surendrasuri.[11] The temple houses 84 yantra.[12]

Shruth tirth is located two kilometres southerly of Sankeshwar on Sankheswar-Viramgam Highway. Further four kilometre south, there is Pavapuri Jalmandir at Ratanpura.[citation needed]

Thus Shankeshwar tirth ranks next only to those on Mount

Swetambara Jains.[citation needed
]

Gallery

  • Sculptures and Shikharas at Shankheswar Jain Temple
    Sculptures and Shikharas at Shankheswar Jain Temple
  • Ornate carvings on wall
    Ornate carvings on wall
  • The passage to the main shrine
    The passage to the main shrine

Other buildings

There are an upashray, an ayambilshala, a bhandar, a pathshala, and a hall where food is given to pilgrims for their journeys.

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ Posh Dashmi is the festival to celebrate the life of Parshvanatha.[1]
  2. ^ According to Jain belief, worshipping these local replication idols allow them to directly worship the original idol.[2]

References

Citation

  1. ^ Holt 2019, p. 260.
  2. ^ a b c d Cort 2010, p. 186.
  3. ^ Pechilis & Raj 2013, p. 89.
  4. ^ a b Sonak 2017, p. 228.
  5. ^ Burgess 1876, pp. 187–217.
  6. ^ Cort 2001, p. 234.
  7. ^ Shah 1987, p. 178.
  8. ^ Kelting 2007, p. 130.
  9. ^ Suriji 2013, p. 5.
  10. ^ Timm 1992, p. 189.
  11. ^ Gough 2021, p. 198.
  12. ^ Gough 2021, p. 210.

Sources

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