Padampura

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Padampura is the site of Padampura Digamber Jain Atishay kshetra in Shivdaspura town in Jaipur district of Rajasthan, India. It is located at a distance of 35 km from Jaipur on Jaipur-Kota road.

It was on baishak shukla panchami samvat 2001 (1944 AD) one simple boy named Moola Jat was digging foundation for constructing his house when he struck with a stone statue. Experts later identified it as that of Digambar Jain Tirthankar Padmaprabha. This area has been developed as Padampura Digambar Jain Atishay kshetra.