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'''Songadh''' is a town in [[Bhavnagar district]] | The '''Songadh Jain temple''' is a historical temple complex in the town of [[Songadh, Bhavnagar district|Songadh]], in [[Bhavnagar district]] the [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] region in [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. It is 8 km from [[Sihor]] town and 28 km from [[Bhavnagar]] town. | ||
==Importance== | ==Importance== | ||
[[Kanji Swami]], a mystical teacher of [[Jainism]], was born into [[Śvētāmbara]] [[Sthānakavāsī]] and converted to a celibate [[Digambara]] [[Śrāvaka|lay scholar]] under influence of [[Kundakunda]] & [[Pandit Todarmal]], at Songadh in 1934. Sonagadh became birth place for [[Kanji Panth]].{{sfn|Wiley|2009|p=117}} Kanji Swami, spent about forty years at Songadh so the village became one of the most important pilgrimage for [[Kanji Panth]].{{sfn|Shah|2004|p=67}} | [[Kanji Swami]], a mystical teacher of [[Jainism]], was born into [[Śvētāmbara]] [[Sthānakavāsī]] and converted to a celibate [[Digambara]] [[Śrāvaka|lay scholar]] under influence of [[Kundakunda]] & [[Pandit Todarmal]], at Songadh in 1934. Sonagadh became birth place for [[Kanji Panth]].{{sfn|Wiley|2009|p=117}} Kanji Swami, spent about forty years at Songadh so the village became one of the most important pilgrimage for [[Kanji Panth]].{{sfn|Shah|2004|p=67}} | ||
Songadh along with [[Palitana temples|Palitana]], [[Girnar Jain temples|Girnar]], [[Naliya]], [[Kathara]], [[Idar]], [[Taranga Jain temple|Tarangaji]], and [[Ahmedabad]] are planned to be promoted as Gujarat Jain circuit by [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Gujarat tourism department]].{{sfn|Dave|2018}} | Songadh along with [[Palitana temples|Palitana]], [[Girnar Jain temples|Girnar]], [[Naliya]], [[Kathara]], [[Idar, Gujarat|Idar]], [[Taranga Jain temple|Tarangaji]], and [[Ahmedabad]] are planned to be promoted as Gujarat Jain circuit by [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Gujarat tourism department]].{{sfn|Dave|2018}} | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Bhavnagar district]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Jain temples]] | [[Category:20th-century Jain temples]] | ||