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{{short description|12th Jain Tirthankara}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Jain
| deity_of = 12th Jain [[Tirthankara]]
| image = Lord Vasupujya.jpeg
| caption = [[Statue of Vasupujya]], [[Champapur]], [[Bihar]]
| alt = Vasupujya
| other_names = Vasupujya Swami
| venerated_in = [[Jainism]]
| symbol = [[Water Buffalo|Buffalo]]{{sfn|Tandon|2002|p=44}}
| color = [[Red]]
| father = Vasupujya
| mother = Jaya (Vijaya)
| height = 70 bows (210 metres){{sfn|Sarasvati|1970|p=444}}
| age = 7,200,000 years
| tree =
| predecessor = [[Shreyansanatha]]
| successor = [[Vimalanatha]]
| birth_place = [[Champapur]]
| moksha_place = [[Champapur]]
}}
{{Jainism}}
'''Vasupujya''' was the twelfth [[tirthankara]] in [[Jainism]] of the ''[[avasarpini]]'' (present age). According to Jain beliefs, he became a [[siddha]], a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its [[Karma in Jainism|karma]]. Vasupujya was born to King Vasupujya and Queen Jaya Devi at [[Champapuri]] in the [[Ikshvaku dynasty]]. His birth date was the fourteenth day of the Falgun Krishna month of the Indian calendar. He never married and remained a [[Celibacy|celibate]].<ref>[https://jainpuja.com/jain-puja/vasupujya-bhagwan.aspx]</ref> He attained [[Kevala Jnana]] within one month of Tapsya and [[Moksha (Jainism)|Moksha]] at [[Champapuri]], of [[Bihar]] in India on the fourteenth day of the bright half of the month of Ashadh.

==Biography==
Vasupujya Swami was the 12th ''[[tirthankara]]'' in [[Jainism]] of the ''[[Avasarpini]]'' (present age).{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} According to Jain beliefs, he became a ''[[siddha]]'', a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its ''[[Karma in Jainism|karma]]''. Vasupujya was born to King Vasupujya and Queen Jaya Devi at [[Champapuri]] in the [[Ikshvaku dynasty]]. His birth date was the fourteenth day of the ''Falgun Krishna'' month of the Indian calendar.{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} He attained ''[[Kevala Jnana]]'' within one month of ''Tapsya'' and ''[[Moksha (Jainism)|Moksha]]'' at [[Champapuri]], [[Bhagalpur]] in India on the fourteenth day of the bright half of the month of ''Ashadh''.{{cn|date=October 2020}}

The second Vasudeva, Dwiprishtaha, was his devotee. He and his brother Baldeva Shrivijay conquered Prativasudeva Tark and brought his oppressive rule to an end. Shrivijay later joined the ascetic order of Lord Vasupujya.{{cn|date=October 2020}}

==Temples==
* [[Jain temple, Alleppey]], [[Kerala]]
* [[Champapuri]]
* [[Shri Atma Vallabh Jain Smarak]]

==Statue==
The tallest [[statue of Vasupujya]], 31 feet in height, was inaugurated at Nathnagar Temple, [[Champapuri]], [[Bhagalpur]], [[Bihar]] in 2014. The statue was constructed and donated by Smt Sona Devi Sethi Charitable Trust, based at [[Phulchand Sethi]] complex Dimapur.<ref>{{citation |title=Deity gift from Nagaland |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140107/jsp/bihar/story_17757074.jsp |work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |date=7 January 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Vasupujya |url=http://www.jainworld.com/jainbooks/tirthankar/bhag-12.htm }}</ref>

==See also==
{{commons category}}
*[[God in Jainism]]
*[[Arihant (Jainism)]]
*[[Jainism and non-creationism]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Sources==
* {{citation |last=Johnson |first=Helen M. |author-link=Helen M. Johnson |title=Vasupujyacaritra (Book 4.2 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra) |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/jainism/book/trishashti-shalaka-purusha-caritra/d/doc213241.html |publisher=[[Maharaja_Sayajirao_University_of_Baroda#Oriental_Institute|Baroda Oriental Institute]] |date=1931 }}
*{{citation |last=Tukol |first=T. K. |author-link=T. K. Tukol |title=Compendium of Jainism |publisher=[[University of Karnataka]] |date=1980 |location=[[Dharwad]] }}
* {{citation |last=Tandon |first=Om Prakash |author-link=Om Prakash Tandon |title=Jaina Shrines in India |publisher=[[Publications Division]], [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]], [[Government of India]] |isbn=81-230-1013-3 |date=2002 |orig-year=1968 |edition=1 |location=[[New Delhi]] }}

{{Jain Gods}}
{{Jainism topics}}
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