This is a Beautiful Famous Jain Temple in Gujarat - by Ram Pandit Gaming - CollectLo

This is a Beautiful Famous Jain Temple in Gujarat

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2 min read . Sep 02

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 Gujarat Famous Jain Temple

  1. Palitana (Shatrunjaya)
  2. Hutheesing Jain Temple
  3. Taranga Jain Temple
  4. Mahudi Jain Temple

1. Palitana (Shatrunjaya)

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Palitana, also known as Shatrunjaya, is a significant Jain pilgrimage site in Gujarat, India. It's renowned for the numerous Jain temples located on Shatrunjaya Hill, a prominent landmark near the city of Palitana. The hill is dotted with over 900 marble temples, making it a major spiritual destination for Jains.

2. Hutheesing Jain Temple

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The construction of the temple was originally planned and initiated by Hutheesing Kesarisinh, a wealthy trader of Ahmedabad. Following his death at the age of 49, the construction was supervised and completed by his wife, Harkunwar. The total cost was approximately ₹10 lakh (equivalent to ₹75 crore or US$8.9 million in 2023). The chief temple architect was Premchand Salat. The temple is located outside the Delhi Darwaza. Lockwood de Forest, who was a business associate of Muganbhai Hutheesing, the son of Sheth Hutheesing, estimated the cost as "over a million dollars". The temple was built during a severe famine in Gujarat. Building the temple employed hundreds of skilled artisans which supported them for a period of two years. 

3. Taranga Jain Temple

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Taranga became an important Jain pilgrimage site in the 12h century. In Kumarapal Pratibodha of Somaprabhacharya, composed in Vikram Samvat 1241, states the local Buddhist king Veni Vatsaraja and a 2nd century CE Jain monk Khaputacharya had built a temple for goddess Tara and thus the town was named Tarapur. The hill is for the most part covered with brushwood and forest is, on the east and west, crossed by a road that lead to a plateau where stand the temples built of white sandstone and brick. The major Ajitanatha temple was built by Chaulukya king Kumarapala (1143 - 1174) after he became a follower of Jainism under his teacher Acharya Hemchandra.

4. Mahudi Jain Temple

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Mahudi Jain Temple was established by Śvetāmbara Jain monk, Buddhisagarsuri in 1917 CE (Maghsar Sudi 6, Vikram Samvat 1974). There is an inscription in Brahmi script. In 1916 CE, the foundation stone was laid on land donated by Vadilal Kalidas Vora. He, along with Punamchand Lallubhai Shah, Kankkuchand Narsidas Mehta, and Himmatlal Hakamchand Mehta became trustees of a trust established to manage the temple. The central deity of this temple is a 22-inch marble idol of Padmaprabh. There is a separate shrine dedicated to Ghantakarna Mahavir, the protector deity. The deity is holding a bow and arrow, not commonly seen in the temples of this faith which stresses the importance of non-violence. The Guru Mandir, a shrine dedicated to Buddhisagarsuri was established later.