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	[[Jainism]] has had a notable following in [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WzEzXDk0v6sC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA55\|title=Jainism\|isbn=9788120813762\|access-date=21 January 2016\|last1=Glasenapp\|first1=Helmuth von\|year=1999}}</ref> According to the 2011 Census of India, around 0.959% of the population of Gujarat is Jain.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2015-08-27\|title=Census of India : C-1 Population By Religious Community\|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html\|access-date=2021-05-02\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827210435/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html\|archive-date=27 August 2015}}</ref> There are several old Jain temples that draw pilgrims from Jains around the world in places such as [[Palitana temples\|Palitana]], [[Taranga Jain temple\|Taranga]], [[Shankheshwar Jain Temple\|Sankheshwar]], [[Idar, Gujarat\|Idar]].		[[Jainism]] has had a notable following in [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WzEzXDk0v6sC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA55\|title=Jainism\|isbn=9788120813762\|access-date=21 January 2016\|last1=Glasenapp\|first1=Helmuth von\|year=1999\|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. }}</ref> According to the 2011 Census of India, around 0.959% of the population of Gujarat is Jain.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2015-08-27\|title=Census of India : C-1 Population By Religious Community\|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html\|access-date=2021-05-02\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827210435/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html\|archive-date=27 August 2015}}</ref> There are several old Jain temples that draw pilgrims from Jains around the world in places such as [[Palitana temples\|Palitana]], [[Taranga Jain temple\|Taranga]], [[Shankheshwar Jain Temple\|Sankheshwar]], [[Idar, Gujarat\|Idar]].

	==History==		==History==
	Jains believe that their 22nd [[Tirthankara]] (propagators of Jain religion) [[Neminath]] attained [[Moksha]]/ [[Nirvana]] on [[Girnar]] in Gujarat. Many other monks have also got attained Moksha in Gujarat; especially on the holy mountains of Girnar and [[Shatrunjaya]]. The [[Jain councils]] were held in [[Vallabhi]] c. 5th century CE.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLNQKGcDIhsC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA59\|title=Jainism\|isbn=9788120819382\|access-date=21 January 2016~~\|last1=Shah\|first1=Natubhai\|year=2004~~}}</ref> Their canonical scriptures were written down during this council. King [[Vanaraja Chavda]] (c. 720-780 CE) of the [[Chavda dynasty]] was brought up by a Jain monk named Shilaguna Suri.		Jains believe that their 22nd [[Tirthankara]] (propagators of the Jain religion) [[Neminath]] attained [[Moksha]]/ [[Nirvana]] on [[Girnar]] in Gujarat. Many other holy Kalyanak places are present in Gujarat like Palitana(Shatrunjaya), Girnar, etc. Many other monks have also got attained Moksha in Gujarat; especially on the holy mountains of Girnar and [[Shatrunjaya]]. The [[Jain councils]] were held in [[Vallabhi]] c. 5th century CE.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Shah \|first1=Natubhai \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLNQKGcDIhsC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA59 \|title=Jainism \|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers \|year=2004 \|isbn=9788120819382 \|access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref> Their canonical scriptures were written down during this council. King [[Vanaraja Chavda]] (c. 720-780 CE) of the [[Chavda dynasty]] was brought up by a Jain monk named Shilaguna Suri.

	[[Jain temples]] are found in Gujarat from as early as the 6th and 7th centuries CE. It was patronized by the [[Chaulukya dynasty\|Chaulukyas]] and [[Chavada]]s.{{sfn\|Wink\|1991\|p=355}} [[Dhank Caves]] (3rd-7th century CE) in Rajkot district has Jain Tirthankara carvings. Northern Gujarat became a principle center of Jainism in the 13th century CE.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzpYb5UOeiwC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA111\|title=Cultural History of India\|isbn=9788122415872\|access-date=21 January 2016\|last1=Prakash\|first1=Om\|year=2005}}</ref>		[[Jain temples]] are found in Gujarat from as early as the 6th and 7th centuries CE. It was patronized by the [[Chaulukya dynasty\|Chaulukyas]] and [[Chavda dynasty\|Chavada]]s.{{sfn\|Wink\|1991\|p=355}} [[Dhank Caves]] (3rd-7th century CE) in Rajkot district has Jain Tirthankara carvings. Northern Gujarat became a principle center of Jainism in the 13th century CE.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzpYb5UOeiwC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA111\|title=Cultural History of India\|isbn=9788122415872\|access-date=21 January 2016\|last1=Prakash\|first1=Om\|year=2005\|publisher=New Age International }}</ref>

	The earliest known [[Old Gujarati]] text ''Bharat-Bahubali Ras'', was written by a Jain monk Shalibhadra Suri.{{sfn\|Datta\|1987\|p=454}} Of the most important people in Gujarat's Jain history were the Acharya [[Hemachandra]] Suri and his pupil, the [[Chaulukya]] ruler [[Kumarapala (Chaulukya dynasty)\|Kumarapala]].		The earliest known [[Old Gujarati]] text ''Bharat-Bahubali Ras'', was written by a Jain monk Shalibhadra Suri.{{sfn\|Datta\|1987\|p=454}} Of the most important people in Gujarat's Jain history were the Acharya [[Hemachandra]] Suri and his pupil, the [[Chaulukya]] ruler [[Kumarapala (Chaulukya dynasty)\|Kumarapala]].
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	*[[Patan, Gujarat\|Patan]]		*[[Patan, Gujarat\|Patan]]
	*[[Taranga Jain temple\|Taranga]]		*[[Taranga Jain temple\|Taranga]]
	*[[~~Songadh (Saurashtra)~~\|~~Songadh~~]]		*[[Radhanpur\|Radhanpur Jain Tirth]]
	*[[Ahmedabad]]		*[[Ahmedabad]]
			*[[Surat]]
			*[[Khambhat]]
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	File:Jain Temple, Pavagadh (cropped).jpg\|[[Shri Pavagadh Tirth]], part of [[Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park\|Champaner-Pavagadh]] a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]		File:Jain Temple, Pavagadh (cropped).jpg\|[[Shri Pavagadh Tirth]], part of [[Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park\|Champaner-Pavagadh]] a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]
	File:Polo Monument and Vijaynagar Forest- Jain Temples (cropped).jpg\|[[Jain temples, Abhapur]]		File:Polo Monument and Vijaynagar Forest- Jain Temples (cropped).jpg\|[[Jain temples, Abhapur]]
			File:Kumbhariya Jain Derasar complex, Ambaji Gujarat 240.jpg\|[[Kumbharia Jain temples]]
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	==See also==		==See also==
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	==References==		==References==
	* {{Citation \|last=Datta\|first=Amaresh\|author-link=Amaresh Datta\|url={{Google books\|ObFCT5_taSgC\|page=454\|plainurl=yes}} \|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo \|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]\|date=1987\|isbn=9788126018031}}		* {{Citation \|last=Datta\|first=Amaresh\|author-link=Amaresh Datta\|url={{Google books\|ObFCT5_taSgC\|page=454\|plainurl=yes}} \|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo \|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]\|date=1987\|isbn=9788126018031}}
	* {{~~citation~~ \|last=Glasenapp \|first=Helmuth Von \| author-link=Helmuth von Glasenapp \|title=Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation \|date=1999 \|location=[[Delhi]] \|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] \|url={{Google books\|WzEzXDk0v6sC~~\|page=~~\|plainurl=yes}} h \|isbn=81-208-1376-6 }}		* {{cite book \|last=Glasenapp \|first=Helmuth Von \| author-link=Helmuth von Glasenapp \|title=Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation \|date=1999 \|location=[[Delhi]] \|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] \|url={{Google books\|WzEzXDk0v6sC\|plainurl=yes}} \|isbn=81-208-1376-6 }}
	* {{cite book\|last=Wink\|first=André\|author-link=André Wink\|url={{Google books\|75FlxDhZWpwC\|page=355\|plainurl=yes}} \|title=Al-Hind the Making of the Indo-Islamic World\|isbn=9004102361\|access-date=21 January 2016\|year=1991}}		* {{cite book\|last=Wink\|first=André\|author-link=André Wink\|url={{Google books\|75FlxDhZWpwC\|page=355\|plainurl=yes}} \|title=Al-Hind the Making of the Indo-Islamic World\|isbn=9004102361\|access-date=21 January 2016\|year=1991 \|publisher=BRILL }}

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	{{Jainism}}		{{Jainism}}
	[[Jainism]] has had a notable following in [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WzEzXDk0v6sC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA55\|title=Jainism\|isbn=9788120813762\|access-date=21 January 2016\|last1=Glasenapp\|first1=Helmuth von\|year=1999}}</ref> According to the 2011 Census of India, around 0.959% of the population of Gujarat is Jain.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2015-08-27\|title=Census of India : C-1 Population By Religious Community\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827210435/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html\|~~access~~-date=~~2021-05-02\|website=web.archive.org~~}}</ref> There are several old Jain temples that draw pilgrims from Jains around the world in places such as [[Palitana temples\|Palitana]], [[Taranga Jain temple\|Taranga]], [[Shankheshwar Jain Temple\|Sankheshwar]], [[Idar]].		[[Jainism]] has had a notable following in [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WzEzXDk0v6sC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA55\|title=Jainism\|isbn=9788120813762\|access-date=21 January 2016\|last1=Glasenapp\|first1=Helmuth von\|year=1999}}</ref> According to the 2011 Census of India, around 0.959% of the population of Gujarat is Jain.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2015-08-27\|title=Census of India : C-1 Population By Religious Community\|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html\|access-date=2021-05-02\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827210435/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html\|archive-date=27 August 2015}}</ref> There are several old Jain temples that draw pilgrims from Jains around the world in places such as [[Palitana temples\|Palitana]], [[Taranga Jain temple\|Taranga]], [[Shankheshwar Jain Temple\|Sankheshwar]], [[Idar, Gujarat\|Idar]].

	==History==		==History==
	Jains believe that their 22nd [[Tirthankara]] (propagators of Jain religion) [[Neminath]] attained [[Moksha]]/ [[Nirvana]] on [[Girnar]] in Gujarat. Many other monks have also got attained Moksha in Gujarat; especially on the holy mountains of Girnar and [[Shatrunjaya]]. The [[Jain councils]] were held in [[Vallabhi]] c. 5th century CE.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLNQKGcDIhsC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA59\|title=Jainism\|isbn=9788120819382\|access-date=21 January 2016\|last1=Shah\|first1=Natubhai\|year=2004}}</ref> Their canonical scriptures were written down during this council. King [[Vanaraja Chavda]] (c. 720-780 CE) of the [[Chavda dynasty]] was brought up by a Jain monk named Shilaguna Suri.		Jains believe that their 22nd [[Tirthankara]] (propagators of Jain religion) [[Neminath]] attained [[Moksha]]/ [[Nirvana]] on [[Girnar]] in Gujarat. Many other monks have also got attained Moksha in Gujarat; especially on the holy mountains of Girnar and [[Shatrunjaya]]. The [[Jain councils]] were held in [[Vallabhi]] c. 5th century CE.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLNQKGcDIhsC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA59\|title=Jainism\|isbn=9788120819382\|access-date=21 January 2016\|last1=Shah\|first1=Natubhai\|year=2004}}</ref> Their canonical scriptures were written down during this council. King [[Vanaraja Chavda]] (c. 720-780 CE) of the [[Chavda dynasty]] was brought up by a Jain monk named Shilaguna Suri.

	[[Jain temples]] are found in Gujarat from as early as the 6th and 7th centuries CE. It was patronized by the [[Chaulukya dynasty\|Chaulukyas]] and [[Chavada]]s.~~<ref>~~{{~~cite book~~\|~~url=https://books.google.com/books?id=75FlxDhZWpwC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA355\|title=Al-Hind the Making of the Indo-Islamic World\|isbn=9004102361\|access-date=21 January 2016\|last1=~~Wink\|~~first1=André~~\|~~year~~=~~1991~~}}~~</ref>~~ [[Dhank Caves]] (3rd-7th century CE) in Rajkot district has Jain Tirthankara carvings. Northern Gujarat became a principle center of Jainism in the 13th century CE.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzpYb5UOeiwC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA111\|title=Cultural History of India\|isbn=9788122415872\|access-date=21 January 2016\|last1=Prakash\|first1=Om\|year=2005}}</ref>		[[Jain temples]] are found in Gujarat from as early as the 6th and 7th centuries CE. It was patronized by the [[Chaulukya dynasty\|Chaulukyas]] and [[Chavada]]s.{{sfn\|Wink\|1991\|p=355}} [[Dhank Caves]] (3rd-7th century CE) in Rajkot district has Jain Tirthankara carvings. Northern Gujarat became a principle center of Jainism in the 13th century CE.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzpYb5UOeiwC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA111\|title=Cultural History of India\|isbn=9788122415872\|access-date=21 January 2016\|last1=Prakash\|first1=Om\|year=2005}}</ref>

	The earliest known [[Old Gujarati]] text ''Bharat-Bahubali Ras'', was written by a Jain monk. Of the most important people in Gujarat's Jain history were the Acharya [[Hemachandra]] Suri and his pupil, the [[Chaulukya]] ruler [[Kumarapala (Chaulukya dynasty)\|Kumarapala]].		The earliest known [[Old Gujarati]] text ''Bharat-Bahubali Ras'', was written by a Jain monk Shalibhadra Suri.{{sfn\|Datta\|1987\|p=454}} Of the most important people in Gujarat's Jain history were the Acharya [[Hemachandra]] Suri and his pupil, the [[Chaulukya]] ruler [[Kumarapala (Chaulukya dynasty)\|Kumarapala]].

	==Major Centers==		==Major Centers==
	Major ancient Jain centers include:		Major ancient Jain centers include:
	*[[Palitana temples\|Palitana]]		*[[Palitana temples\|Palitana]]
	*[[Girnar]]		*[[Girnar Jain temples\|Girnar]]
	*[[Bhadreshwar]]		*[[Bhadreshwar Jain Temple\|Bhadreshwar]]
	*[[Mahudi]]		*[[Mahudi]]
	*[[Shankheshwar]]		*[[Shankheshwar Jain Temple\|Shankheshwar]]
	*[[Patan, Gujarat\|Patan]]		*[[Patan, Gujarat\|Patan]]
	*[[Taranga Jain temple\|Taranga]]		*[[Taranga Jain temple\|Taranga]]
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	File:Sheth Hutheesinh Temple.jpg\|[[Hutheesing Jain Temple]] in [[Ahmedabad]]		File:Sheth Hutheesinh Temple.jpg\|[[Hutheesing Jain Temple]] in [[Ahmedabad]]
	~~Kutch_Bhadreshwar_Jain_Temple~~.jpg\|[[Vasai Jain Temple]], [[Bhadreshwar]]		File:Kutch Bhadreshwar Jain Temple.jpg\|[[Vasai Jain Temple]], [[Bhadreshwar]]
	Samovsaran Mandir Palitana 02.jpg\|Samovsaran Mandir, Palitana Teerth		File:Samovsaran Mandir Palitana 02.jpg\|Samovsaran Mandir, Palitana Teerth
	Girnar Jain temple - Neminath temple.jpg\|[[Girnar Jain temples\|Girnar]]		File:Girnar Jain temple - Neminath temple.jpg\|[[Girnar Jain temples\|Girnar]]
	~~Tarangaji_Jain_temple~~.jpg\|[[Taranga Jain temple\|Taranga]]		File:Tarangaji Jain temple.jpg\|[[Taranga Jain temple\|Taranga]]
	Vanki - Patri Jain Mandir.jpg\|Vanki - Patri Jain Mandir, [[Kutch]]		File:Vanki - Patri Jain Mandir.jpg\|Vanki - Patri Jain Mandir, [[Kutch]]
	Mahudi Temple.jpg\|[[Mahudi Jain Temple]]		File:Mahudi Temple.jpg\|[[Mahudi Jain Temple]]
	Shri Shantinath Jain Derasar, Kothara, Kutch.JPG\|[[Shantinath Jain temple, Kothara\|Shri Shantinath Jain Derasar]], [[Kothara, Kutch\|Kothara]]		File:Shri Shantinath Jain Derasar, Kothara, Kutch.JPG\|[[Shantinath Jain temple, Kothara\|Shri Shantinath Jain Derasar]], [[Kothara, Kutch\|Kothara]]
	Jain ~~temple 10~~.jpg\|[[~~Pavagadh Hill#Jain Temple\|~~Shri Pavagadh Tirth]], part of [[Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park\|Champaner-Pavagadh]] a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]		File:Jain Temple, Pavagadh (cropped).jpg\|[[Shri Pavagadh Tirth]], part of [[Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park\|Champaner-Pavagadh]] a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]
	File:Polo Monument and Vijaynagar Forest- Jain Temples (cropped).jpg\|[[Jain temples, Abhapur]]		File:Polo Monument and Vijaynagar Forest- Jain Temples (cropped).jpg\|[[Jain temples, Abhapur]]
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	==References==		==References==
	* {{citation \|last=Glasenapp \|first=Helmuth Von \|title=Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation \|date=1999 \|location=[[Delhi]] \|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] \|url=~~https://~~books~~.google.com/books?id~~=~~WzEzXDk0v6sC~~ \|isbn=81-208-1376-6 }}		* {{Citation \|last=Datta\|first=Amaresh\|author-link=Amaresh Datta\|url={{Google books\|ObFCT5_taSgC\|page=454\|plainurl=yes}} \|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo \|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]\|date=1987\|isbn=9788126018031}}
			* {{citation \|last=Glasenapp \|first=Helmuth Von \| author-link=Helmuth von Glasenapp \|title=Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation \|date=1999 \|location=[[Delhi]] \|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] \|url={{Google books\|WzEzXDk0v6sC\|page=\|plainurl=yes}} h \|isbn=81-208-1376-6 }}
			* {{cite book\|last=Wink\|first=André\|author-link=André Wink\|url={{Google books\|75FlxDhZWpwC\|page=355\|plainurl=yes}} \|title=Al-Hind the Making of the Indo-Islamic World\|isbn=9004102361\|access-date=21 January 2016\|year=1991}}

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	[[Jainism]] has had a notable following in [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WzEzXDk0v6sC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA55\|title=Jainism\|isbn=9788120813762\|access-date=21 January 2016\|last1=Glasenapp\|first1=Helmuth von\|year=1999}}</ref> According to the 2011 Census of India, around 0.959% of the population of Gujarat is Jain.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2015-08-27\|title=Census of India : C-1 Population By Religious Community\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827210435/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html\|access-date=2021-05-02\|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> There are several old Jain temples that draw pilgrims from Jains around the world in places such as [[Palitana temples\|Palitana]], [[Taranga Jain temple\|Taranga]], [[Shankheshwar Jain Temple\|Sankheshwar]], [[Idar]].		[[Jainism]] has had a notable following in [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WzEzXDk0v6sC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA55\|title=Jainism\|isbn=9788120813762\|access-date=21 January 2016\|last1=Glasenapp\|first1=Helmuth von\|year=1999}}</ref> According to the 2011 Census of India, around 0.959% of the population of Gujarat is Jain.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2015-08-27\|title=Census of India : C-1 Population By Religious Community\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827210435/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html\|access-date=2021-05-02\|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> There are several old Jain temples that draw pilgrims from Jains around the world in places such as [[Palitana temples\|Palitana]], [[Taranga Jain temple\|Taranga]], [[Shankheshwar Jain Temple\|Sankheshwar]], [[Idar]].
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	*[[Patan, Gujarat\|Patan]]		*[[Patan, Gujarat\|Patan]]
	*[[Taranga (Jain ~~Temple)~~\|Taranga]]		*[[Taranga Jain temple\|Taranga]]
	*[[Songadh (Saurashtra)\|Songadh]]		*[[Songadh (Saurashtra)\|Songadh]]
	*[[Ahmedabad]]		*[[Ahmedabad]]
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	Girnar Jain temple - Neminath temple.jpg\|[[Girnar Jain temples\|Girnar]]		Girnar Jain temple - Neminath temple.jpg\|[[Girnar Jain temples\|Girnar]]
	Tarangaji_Jain_temple.jpg\|[[Taranga (Jain ~~Temple)~~\|Taranga]]		Tarangaji_Jain_temple.jpg\|[[Taranga Jain temple\|Taranga]]
	Vanki - Patri Jain Mandir.jpg\|Vanki - Patri Jain Mandir, [[Kutch]]		Vanki - Patri Jain Mandir.jpg\|Vanki - Patri Jain Mandir, [[Kutch]]
	Mahudi Temple.jpg\|[[Mahudi Jain Temple]]		Mahudi Temple.jpg\|[[Mahudi Jain Temple]]
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	*[[Kanji Swami]]		*[[Kanji Swami]]
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	==Notes==		==Notes==

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[[Jainism]] has had a notable following in [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WzEzXDk0v6sC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA55|title=Jainism|isbn=9788120813762|access-date=21 January 2016|last1=Glasenapp|first1=Helmuth von|year=1999}}</ref> According to the 2011 Census of India, around 0.959% of the population of Gujarat is Jain.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-08-27|title=Census of India : C-1 Population By Religious Community|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827210435/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html|access-date=2021-05-02|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> There are several old Jain temples that draw pilgrims from Jains around the world in places such as [[Palitana temples|Palitana]], [[Taranga Jain temple|Taranga]], [[Shankheshwar Jain Temple|Sankheshwar]], [[Idar]].

==History==
Jains believe that their 22nd [[Tirthankara]] (propagators of Jain religion) [[Neminath]] attained [[Moksha]]/ [[Nirvana]] on [[Girnar]] in Gujarat. Many other monks have also got attained Moksha in Gujarat; especially on the holy mountains of Girnar and [[Shatrunjaya]]. The [[Jain councils]] were held in [[Vallabhi]] c. 5th century CE.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLNQKGcDIhsC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA59|title=Jainism|isbn=9788120819382|access-date=21 January 2016|last1=Shah|first1=Natubhai|year=2004}}</ref> Their canonical scriptures were written down during this council. King [[Vanaraja Chavda]] (c. 720-780 CE) of the [[Chavda dynasty]] was brought up by a Jain monk named Shilaguna Suri.

[[Jain temples]] are found in Gujarat from as early as the 6th and 7th centuries CE. It was patronized by the [[Chaulukya dynasty|Chaulukyas]] and [[Chavada]]s.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=75FlxDhZWpwC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA355|title=Al-Hind the Making of the Indo-Islamic World|isbn=9004102361|access-date=21 January 2016|last1=Wink|first1=André|year=1991}}</ref> [[Dhank Caves]] (3rd-7th century CE) in Rajkot district has Jain Tirthankara carvings. Northern Gujarat became a principle center of Jainism in the 13th century CE.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzpYb5UOeiwC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA111|title=Cultural History of India|isbn=9788122415872|access-date=21 January 2016|last1=Prakash|first1=Om|year=2005}}</ref>

The earliest known [[Old Gujarati]] text ''Bharat-Bahubali Ras'', was written by a Jain monk. Of the most important people in Gujarat's Jain history were the Acharya [[Hemachandra]] Suri and his pupil, the [[Chaulukya]] ruler [[Kumarapala (Chaulukya dynasty)|Kumarapala]].

==Major Centers==
Major ancient Jain centers include:
*[[Palitana temples|Palitana]]
*[[Girnar]]
*[[Bhadreshwar]]
*[[Mahudi]]
*[[Shankheshwar]]
*[[Patan, Gujarat|Patan]]
*[[Taranga (Jain Temple)|Taranga]]
*[[Songadh (Saurashtra)|Songadh]]
*[[Ahmedabad]]



==Photo gallery==
<gallery>
File:Sheth Hutheesinh Temple.jpg|[[Hutheesing Jain Temple]] in [[Ahmedabad]]
Kutch_Bhadreshwar_Jain_Temple.jpg|[[Vasai Jain Temple]], [[Bhadreshwar]]
Samovsaran Mandir Palitana 02.jpg|Samovsaran Mandir, Palitana Teerth
Girnar Jain temple - Neminath temple.jpg|[[Girnar Jain temples|Girnar]]
Tarangaji_Jain_temple.jpg|[[Taranga (Jain Temple)|Taranga]]
Vanki - Patri Jain Mandir.jpg|Vanki - Patri Jain Mandir, [[Kutch]]
Mahudi Temple.jpg|[[Mahudi Jain Temple]]
Shri Shantinath Jain Derasar, Kothara, Kutch.JPG|[[Shantinath Jain temple, Kothara|Shri Shantinath Jain Derasar]], [[Kothara, Kutch|Kothara]]
Jain temple 10.jpg|[[Pavagadh Hill#Jain Temple|Shri Pavagadh Tirth]], part of [[Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park|Champaner-Pavagadh]] a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]
File:Polo Monument and Vijaynagar Forest- Jain Temples (cropped).jpg|[[Jain temples, Abhapur]]
</gallery>

==See also==
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*[[Kanji Swami]]
*[[Palitana Jain Temples]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{citation |last=Glasenapp |first=Helmuth Von |title=Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation |date=1999 |location=[[Delhi]] |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WzEzXDk0v6sC |isbn=81-208-1376-6 }}

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