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Deity
  
Munisuvrata

Date established
  
10 May 2011

Governing body
  
Trustees

Affiliation
  
Jainism

Shantinath Jain Teerth httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Location
  
Indapur, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Festivals
  
Mahavir Jayanti, Mahamastakabhisheka

Creator
  
Dr. Shrenik Shaha& colleagues

Similar
  
Palitana temples, Bawangaja, Tijara Jain temple, Andeshwar Parshwanath, Godiji

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

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Shikhar

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

Vedi

It is the main part where Jain Idols are kept in a temple. Vedi is having upper arch like Parikar with carvings of jain gods on it and lower rectangular base called as Cutney. It is totally made up of superwhitewhite marble. It is made by Tilak Marbles from Kishangarh in Rajasthan. It is carved with the lions and elephants. There are also the Yaksha and Yakshini of Shri 1008 Shantinath Bhagwan on the both sides of the vedi. There are Ashtamangal and Astapratiharya carved on cutney. The 16 Dreams of Teerthankar's mother are also created on it. It indicates the birth events of the teerthankara. The carvings are painted in various colors so that it has got a different look. Also there are 3 more vedi's present in the temple :

  • Manibhadra Kshetrapal Maharaj : He is known as Yaksha : The Protector.
  • Padmavati Devi : She is called as Yakshini.
  • Saraswati Devi : She is the god of Knowladge. She is having Jinvani : a jain book in her hand. She is situated on Lotus behind the Peacock.

    • Jain idols

  • Shri 1008 Shantinath Bhagwan. It is made in superwhite Marble.
  • Shri 1008 Vasupujya Bhagwan. It ismade in Red stone.
  • Shri 1008 Parshwanath Bhagwan. It is made superwhite Marble stone.
  • Shri 1008 Mahaveer Bhagwan. It is made in Brass and Copper metal.
  • 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 Albetta marble from Makrana in Rajasthan. It is the symbol of Humbleness in Jain philosophy. It kills the Ahankaar of the devotees as soon as they see the Manastambha they become humble.

    Munisuvratnath Bhagwan

    Shri 1008 Munisuvratnath Bhagwan is the 20th Tirthankar in Jain religion. He is considered as god of Shani Graha or Saturn. In Indapur 27 feet of idol is made in Granite Stone like Shravana Belgola in Karnataka and erected outside the temple. It is present over 20 feet of base. It is the main attraction of this religious place. The stone is brought from place near Banglore and created by artists from Jaipur in Rajasthan. The carving is completed in 2 years . It is weighing 30 ton. It is erected with the help of two large crains. Every year Jain community 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 Vastu Chintamani and Dev Shilp.
  • Engineer : Sagar Doshi.
  • Architect : Chandragupta Shah.
  • Young President : Sushrut Shaha.

    • Trustees

    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.

    • Location

    Indapur city is in Pune district in Maharashtra, India. It is 135 km from Pune, 110 km from Solapur, 60 km from Pandharpur,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.

    • Religious organizations

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

    References

    Shantinath Jain Teerth Wikipedia
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