Bhinmal Jain Tirth
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Bhinmal Jain Tirth (Bhinmal) is a Shvetambar Jain temple and pilgrimage center, in Jalore district, Rajasthan, India. There were several anciant temple constructed in ninth and tenth century by the verious dynasty.
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[edit] Jain temples of Bhinmal
- Mahavira Swami Jain temple
- Parshvanatha Jain temple [Hathi pole]
- Shantinath Jain temple [Ganesh chowk]
- Ganthi Mehata vaas [4 Jain temple complex]
- NakodaParshvanatha Jain temple
- Riddhi-Siddhi Parshvanatha Jain Temple
- Chomukhji Jain temple[viju bai Temple]
- Manmohan Parshvanatha Jain temple'
- Jagawallabh Parshvanatha Jain temple[station road]
- Padmaprabhu Jain temple[magh colony]
- Jeerawalla Parshvanatha Jain temple [magh colony]
- Seemandhar swami Jain temple[Rath Mandir]
- ShankheshwarParshvanatha Jain temple complex.
- Gaudi Parshvanatha Jain temple.
- Kirti Stambh Jain Temple [Tower Temple].
- Bafna Wadi Jain Temple [Three Temple complex].
- Shankheshwar Parshvanatha Temple,Dhora-Dhal.
- Kunthunathji Jain Temple,Hundia vas.
[edit] Jain Dharmashala(Pilgrimage Rest House)
- Mahavir Swami Jain Dharmashala
- Bafna wadi Jain Dharmashala
- Pratap Saraya Jain Dharmashala
- Hanjari Bhawan Jain Dharmashala
- Shankhshwer Parshwanth Jain Dharmashala
- Kirati Stambh Jain Dharmashala
- Gaudi Parshvanatha Jain Dharmashala
- Magh Colony Jain Dharmashala
[edit] Jain Bhojanshala(Pilgrimage food centre)
- Shri Vardhman Ayambilshala(Mahavirji mandir)
- Bafna wadi Jain Bhojanshala
- Kirti-Stambh Jain Bhojanshala
[edit] Jainism in Bhinmal
There are signs here and there showing that Lourd MahaviraSwami Jain 24th Jain Tirthankar wandered about here.They can provide historical evidences to researches. Bhinmal city has witnessed many risings and falls.Stone inscriptions of the year 1333 of the Vikram era(1276 A.D.) are found among ruins of temples There was a time when this city had a circumference of 64 kilometers and the fort had 84 gates.This city looked beautiful with hundreds of pinnacled temples. From the seventh to the tenth century, talented AcharyaHemchandra,Udhyotansuri,Sidhdhrishi Gani and many other /Jain monk/wiritter created here valuable Jain literature and sanctified and beautified this place. The temple of Jain Tirthankar Parshvanatha in Hathi pole area odf town is regarded to be ancient. This temple has great archeological importance.Mulnayak (Main idol) of the temple is Golden-colored idol of Shri Parshvanatha Bhagvan in padmasana posture is the presiding deity. On the image of the main deity, On the idol, there is an inscription of the year 1011 of the Vikram era [954 A.D.]. It is believed that the idol was found from a hollow of the ground. Many other idols were also found. The city of Bhinmal had four gates. At a distance of 8 kilometers in the north, there is the Jalori gate, in the south, there is the Laxmi gate, in the east, there is the Sungate and in the west, there is the Sanchori gate. Eight hundred years ago Bhinmal as the tirth is described in the ‘Sakal Tirth Stotra’ composed by Jain monk Acharya Siddhasena surisvarji.
The writer of "Abhidhan Rajendra Kosh" {Encyclpedia of Jain languages like Prakrit, Sanskrit & pali language Jain words} & famous Jain monk of 20th century Acharya Rajendrasuri made his chaturmas here in 1880 A.D.
[edit] How to reach
By Train-:The name of railway station is Marwar Bhinmal and is on Samadari-Bhildi section of North Western Railway .The railway tracks are still meter gauge so very few trains run through this station. If coming from Mumbai one has to travel by road from Palanpur to reach here.
By Road-: Bhinmal is well-connected with direct Bus service from Mumbai,Ahmedabad,New Delhi,Jodhpur,Jaipur,Palanpur and Mount Abu etc.Private vehicles from every Place or JainTirth in Rajasthan to this place are available. In the compound of the All majore temple there is a Dharmashala with excellent lodging facilities. The other important town or Jain Tirth nearby is Siyana,Jalore,Sanchore,Nakoda,Bakara,Dilwada Temples,Varmaan,Korta etc. There are regular Public Transport buses(State Government buses) from Jalore, Sirohi,Jodhpur,Balotra, Barmer and Nakoda too.
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