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[[File:Calcutta Sheetalnath Jain Temple - Rai Badridas Bahadur Statue.jpg|right|thumb|Statue of Rai Badridas Bahadur Mukeem at Calcutta Jain Temple.]]
'''Rai Bahadur Badridas Mookim''' also referred to as '''Rai Badridas Bahadur Mookim''' (1833–1913) was a noted jeweler, philanthropist, Jain social leader and founder of the [[Calcutta Jain Temple]].<ref name=y>{{cite book|author1=Shivanandan Lal Dar|author2=S. Somaskandan|author3=Banaras Hindu University|title=History of the Banaras Hindu University|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M5sOAQAAMAAJ|year=1966|publisher=Banaras Hindu University|isbn=9788185305226}}</ref><ref name=x>{{cite web|url=http://en.encyclopediaofjainism.com/index.php?title=RAI_BADRIDAS|publisher=en.encyclopediaofjainism.com|title=RAI BADRIDAS - ENCYCLOPEDIA|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref><ref name=c>{{cite book|author=Calcutta (India) Municipal Corporation|title=Calcutta Municipal Gazette Volume 86|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3RHnAAAAMAAJ|access-date=2016-11-26|year=1967|publisher=Office of the Registrar of Newspapers. Press in India.|page=5}}</ref>

He belonged to [[Shrimal Jain]] community and was son of Kalkadas. He migrated to Calcutta in 1853 from [[Lucknow]] and soon established himself as a leading jeweler of the town with his honesty, integrity and enterprise.<ref name=x/> In 1871, [[Lord Mayo|Viceroy Lord Mayo]] appointed him the Mookim State Jeweller and honoured with the title of [[Rai Bahadur]]<ref name=x/><ref name=c/>

He is noted for building the [[Calcutta Jain Temple]] located at Badridas Temple Street in north [[Kolkata]]. Inspired by his mother, he purchased the whole area including the big pond and got the pond filled up and constructed there the grand and artistic famous Garden Jain Temple which is now a center of attraction of a large number of foreign and Indian tourists of [[Kolkata]]. On completion of the temple in 1867, under the instructions of Jain saint, [[Kalyansuriji]] he decided to install there the image of [[Shitalnath|Bhagwan Shitalnath]]. In search of a suitable Jain image he traveled extensively in the country. Under a miraculous intuition, an old image was dug out from a Jain temple, buried under ground near Agra. Greatly joyous, he brought the image to Calcutta with much respect and got it installed in the temple he had built at Calcutta.<ref name=y/><ref name=x/>

Later, with the inspirations and cooperation of Seth Maneck Chand, [[Justice of the peace|J.P.]] of [[Bombay]], he got closed a pig slaughter house which was opened at [[Shikharji]]. Apart from Calcutta Jain Temple, he also built Jain temples in Shikharji and Purimatal at [[Allahabad]].<ref name=x/>

He was also the member of first delegation of 36 members, which met [[Harcourt Butler]] under leadership of [[Madan Mohan Malviya]] that proposed for foundation of a [[Benaras Hindu University|Hindu University]] in 1911.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=The Inception of Banaras Hindu University: Who Was the Founder in the Light of Historical Documents?|author=Jha, T.|date=2015|publisher=Partridge Publishing India|isbn=9781482852479|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YY1bCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT19|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref>

Rai Badridas is the founder Chairman of [http://www.sitalnathtemple.com/founder.html Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and industry]. He is also the founder of Panjrapole society and Dharamkanta of Johri Bazar.

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