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{{Infobox religious building<br />
| name = Shankeshwar Jain Temple<br />
| native_name = <br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Jainism]]<br />
| image = Sankeshwarji.jpg<br />
| caption = Shankeshwar Jain Temple<br />
| map_type = India Gujarat<br />
| map_size = 250<br />
| map_caption = Location within Gujarat<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|23|30|29.3|N|71|47|15.6|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| location = [[Shankheshwar]], [[Gujarat]], India<br />
| deity = [[Parshva]]<br />
| festivals = Posh Dashami{{efn|Posh Dashmi is the festival to celebrate the life of Parshvanatha.{{Sfn|Holt|2019|p=260}} }}, [[Mahavir Janma Kalyanak]], [[Diwali (Jainism)|Diwali]]<br />
| creator = Sajjan Shah<br />
| established = 1098 CE<br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
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The '''Shankheshwar Jain Temple''' is located in the center of [[Shankheshwar]] town of [[Patan district]], [[Gujarat]], India. The temple is dedicated to [[Parshwanath]] and is an important place of pilgrimage for the followers of [[Jainism]].{{sfn|Cort|2010|p=186}}<ref>http://www.jinalaya.com/gujarat/shankheshwar.htm</ref><br />
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== Mythology ==<br />
In ancient scriptures,{{which|date=February 2017}} this ''[[Tirtha (Jainism)|Tirtha]]'' (pilgrimage site) is referred to as ''Shankhapur''. The story is that Ashadhi Shravak became depressed, and began to ask questions about nirvana, liberation, and salvation. Answering all these questions, Damodar Swami, the ninth ''[[Tirthankar]]'', said "Parshvanath will be the twenty-third Tirthankar in the ''Avasarpinikala'' (the descending half of the wheel of time). You will be his ''Ganadhar'' (prime disciple) named Aryaghosha and attain salvation there." Shravak then became fully absorbed in praying to Bhagawan [[Parshvanath]] and worshipping his idol, which went on to be worshipped in the worlds of gods, demons, and on earth.<ref>http://www.jainsamaj.org/rpg_site/literature2.php?id=1369&cat=42</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
In the year 1155 [[Vikram Samvat|VE]] (1098 CE), Sajjan Shah built the Shankheshwar Parshwanath Jain Temple on the banks of the [[Rupen river]]. In [[Vikram Samvat]] 1286 (1229 CE), Vastupal Tejpal renovated this temple under the instructions of Vardhamansuri. There were 52 idols in the temple. In VS 1302, the king{{who|date=October 2017}}, 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 (Jainism)|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.speakingtree.in/blog/shankheshwar-jain-tirth|title = Shankheshwar Jain Tirth}}</ref> The current temple was built in 1811.{{sfn|Burgess|1876|pp=187-217}}<br />
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== About temples ==<br />
The ''Mulnayak'', that is the main idol, nearly 182&nbsp;cm high, is a white-colored idol of [[Parshvanatha]] in the [[lotus position|Padmasana posture]]. In Shvetambara tradition, idols tends to derive their name from a geographical region, the Shankheshwar Parshvanatha is one of 108 prominent idols of Parshvanath idols.{{sfn|Cort|2001|p=234}} The idol of Bhidbhanjan [[Parshvanath]] is in a small temple to the right of the main idol, and the idol of [[Ajitnatha]] is in a small temple to the left of the main idol. The idols of [[Dharanendra]], [[Padmavati (Jainism)|Padmavati]], [[Parshva]] and [[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, thousand of pilgrims come to observe a two-day-long fast.<br />
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At present, the temple complex is under renovation. The doors of the small temples on the passage for going round the temple are being enlarged, and the height of their summits will be raised.<br />
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==Other Jain temples==<br />
Besides this temple, there are several other Jain temples - the Agam Mandir,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.india9.com/i9show/Shri-Agam-Mandir-Teerth-29372.htm|title = Shri Agam Mandir Teerth in India}}</ref> the modern sprawling complex of 108 Parshvanath and Padmavati (108 Parshwanath Bhaktivihar Tirth), Rajendrasuri Navkar Mandir, Kalapurnam Smriti Mandir, the Gurumandir, and [[Dādābadī|Dadawadi]] are important.<br />
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Shruth tirth<ref>http://www.pravachanshruttirth.org/</ref> is located two kilometer southerly to Sankeshwar on Sankheswar-Viramgam Highway.<br />
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Further four kilometer south, there is Pavapuri Jalmandir at Ratanpura.<ref>http://www.pawapuritirth.org</ref><br />
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Thus Shankeshwar tirth ranks next only to those on Mount [[Shatrunjaya]] in [[Palitana]], (Gujarat) in terms of importance to the [[Śvētāmbara|Swetambara]] [[Jainism|Jains]].<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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File:Shankheswarji (20).jpg|Sculptures and Shikharas at Shankheswar Jain Temple<br />
File:Shankheswarji (10).jpg|Ornate carvings on wall<br />
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== Other buildings ==<br />
There are an ''upashray'', an ''ayambilshala'', a ''bhandar'', a ''pathshala'', and a hall where food is given to pilgrims for their journeys.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Nagarparkar Jain Temples]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{citation | last=Burgess| first=James| author-link=James Burgess (archaeologist)|title=Report on the Antiquities of Kutch & Kathiawar: Being the Result of the Second Season's Operations of the Archaeological Survey of Western India, 1874-1875|url={{Google books|u0D9MgEACAAJ|page=|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |access-date=27 August 2016|year=1876|publisher=India Museum|location=London|archive-url=http://www.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/106940|archive-date=2015|pages=187, 217}} <br />
* {{citation |last=Cort |first=John E. |author-link=John E. Cort |title=Jains in the World: Religious Values and Ideology in India |url={{Google books|PZk-4HOMzsoC|page=234|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |year=2001 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-803037-9 }} <br />
* {{citation |last=Cort |first=John E. |author-link=John E. Cort |title=Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MDBpq23-0QoC |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |date=2010 |orig-year=1953 |isbn=978-0-19-538502-1 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Holt |first=James D. | author-link1=James Holt (scholar) |title=Beyond the Big Six Religions |url={{Google books|GdLIDwAAQBAJ|page=260|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |publisher=[[University of Chester]] |date=2019 |isbn=9781908258984 }} <br />
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