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Shantinath Jain Teerth

Shantinath Jain Teerth

Shri 1008 Shantinath Jain Teerth

Location

Country: India

State/province: Maharashtra

District: Pune

Locale: Indapur

Architecture and culture

Primary deity: Munisuvrata

Important festivals: Mahavir Jayanti

Number of temples: 1

Number of monuments: 5

History

Date established: 10 May 2011

Creator: Dr.Shrenik Shaha & colleagues

Governing body: Trustees

Shri 1008 Shantinath Digambar Jain Mandir is located in Indapur, District Pune in Maharashtra. This is the newsouth pattern temple. The main attraction of this temple is 27 feet tall granite idol of Shri 1008 MunisuvrataBhagwan. The temple is golden in colour. So it is now called as Golden Temple.[1]

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Architecture

31 feet South Pattern Shikhar

Shikhar

It is built in South Indian pattern with 31 feet height. It is quadrangularshaped and painted in golden yellow colour. It is made up of RCC byartists from Mahabalipuram. In the shikhar idol of Shree 1008Mahaveer bhagwan made from Brass is placed. Shikhar is the modelfrom shikhar of MelSitamur in Tamil Nadu.

Parikar

Vedi

It is the main part where Jain Idols are kept in a temple. Vedi is havingupper arch like Parikar with carvings of jain gods on it and lowerrectangular base called as Cutney. It is totally made up ofsuperwhitewhite marble. It is made by Tilak Marbles from Kishangarhin Rajasthan. It is carved with the lions and elephants. There are alsothe Yaksha and Yakshini of Shri 1008 Shantinath Bhagwan on the bothsides of the vedi. There are Ashtamangal and Astapratiharya carved oncutney. The 16 Dreams of Teerthankar's mother are also created on it.It indicates the birth events of the teerthankara. The carvings arepainted in various colors so that it has got a different look. Also thereare 3 more vedi's present in the temple :

•• Manibhadra Kshetrapal Maharaj : He is known as Yaksha : TheProtector.

•• Padmavati Devi : She is called as Yakshini.•• Saraswati Devi : She is the god of Knowladge. She is having

Jinwani : a jain book in her hand. She is situated on Lotus behindthe Peacock.

Jain idols

• Shri 1008 Shantinath Bhagwan. It is made in superwhite Marble.[2]

• Shri 1008 Vasupujya Bhagwan. It ismade in Red stone.[3]

•• Shri 1008 Parshwanath Bhagwan. It is made superwhite Marble stone.

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21 Inch Shri 1008 Mahaveer Bhagwan created inmetal

•• Shri 1008 Mahaveer Bhagwan. It is made in Brass and Coppermetal.

•• Shri 1008 Munisuvratnath Bhagwan. It is made in Granite Stone.

Manastambha

It is present in front of the temple. It is 31 feet high made in Albettamarble from Makrana in Rajasthan. It is the symbol of Humblenessin Jain philosophy. It kills the Ahankaar of the devotees as soon asthey see the Manastambha they become humble.[4]

Munisuvratnath Bhagwan

Shri 1008 Munisuvratnath Bhagwan 27 feetstatue

Shri 1008 Munisuvratnath Bhagwan is the 20th Tirthankar in Jainreligion. He is considered as god of Shani Graha or Saturn. InIndapur 27 feet of idol is made in Granite Stone like Shravana Belgolain Karnataka and erected outside the temple. It is present over 20 feetof base. It is the main attraction of this religious place. The stone isbrought from place near Banglore and created by artists from Jaipur inRajasthan. The carving is completed in 2 years . It is weighing 30 ton.It is erected with the help of two large crains. Every year Jaincommunity in Indapur organizes Rathotsava &Mahamastakabhisheka of Munisuvrata idol.

Chief body

•• President : Dr.Shrenik Shaha.• Vastushastri : Narendrakumar Badjatya. He is editor of two books

written by Achary Shri 108 Devnandiji Maharaj namely VastuChintamani and Dev Shilp.[5][6]

•• Engineer : Sagar Doshi.•• Architect : Chandragupta Shah.•• Young President : Sushrut Shaha.

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Trustees

Shri 1008 Shantinath Digambar Jain MandirTrustees

There are total 19 trustees•• Dr. Shrenik Shaha - President•• Sagar Doshi and Shirin Doshi•• Ravindra Chankeshwara and Sunil Doshi•• Bharat Dobhada and Sanjeev Vora•• Chandrashekhar Doshi and Sandeep Shaha•• Arun Doshi and Sajan Chankeshwara•• Nitin Shah and Arvind Gandhi•• Nilesh Modase and Mahaveer Shaha

•• Sukumar Gandhi and Prashant Shah•• Neeraj Shah and Sharad Shah•• Dr.Anang Mehta and Sushrut Shaha

Young Brigade•• Nikhil Doshi and Pritam Doshi•• Swapnil Shah and Utkarsh Doshi•• Piyush Shah and Sayyam Shah• Darshan Shah & Shraman Shah•• Susmita Shah and Aishwarya Doshi•• Shravika Shah and Priyanka Shah•• Vaishali Shah and Sanika Shah

Future plans•• Mahamastakabhishek : Like Mahamastakabhishek of Bahubali Bhagwan in karnataka is held every 12 years, we

used to organise it each year. It can be done by donating 500/- Rs. per year.•• Shashwat Pooja : It is the pooja of god done every year with the family of person donating. It can be done by

donating 1100/- Rs.. It is performed for lifetime and is for whole family.•• Tyagi Nivaas : for staying Jain Saints. It can be donated by paying 1,51,000/- Rs.•• Charitable Hospital : To give free treatment to Jains, poor and needy patients.•• Jain Library.

LocationIndapur city is in Pune district in Maharashtra, India. It is 135 km from Pune, 110 km from Solapur, 60 km fromPandharpur,300 km from Mumbai, 1400 km from Delhi.

Transport• Road: National Highway 9 Pune to Solapur.• Railway: Nearest railway stations are Daund 60 km, Kurduvadi 90 km, Pune 135 km .• Airport: Nearest airports are Pune 135 km, Mumbai 300 km.

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Religious organizationsThe Dakshin Bharat Jain Sabha is a religious and social service organization of the Jains of South India. Theorganization is headquartered at Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. The association is credited with being one of the firstJain associations to start reform movements among the Jains in modern India. The organization mainly seeks torepresent the interests of the native Jains of Maharashtra (Marathi Jains), Karnataka (Kannada Jains) and Goa.

Photo gallery

Idol turn by crains Idol lifting Idol getting fixed at its position

Mahamastakabhishek 2012

Mahamastakabhishek By Milk MahamastakabhishekBy Kunku

MahamastakabhishekBy Haldi

Mahamastakabhishek By Haldi

References[1][1] Article published on 11 May 2011 in Sakal[2][2] p.186[3][3] p.31[4][4] The Brahmadeva Pillars. An Inquiry into the Origin and Nature of the Brahmadeva Worship among the Digambara Jains, S. Settar , Artibus

Asiae, Vol. 33, No. 1/2 (1971), pp. 17-38[5][5] Dev Shilp, page 27[6][6] Vastu Chintamani, page 12

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