Shri
Gheekanta Shankheshvar Tirth
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Bhagawan
Shankheshvar Parshvanath
Mulnayak:
53 cms
high, white colored idol of Parikarayukta Bhagawan Shankheshvar Parshvanath in the
Padmasana posture.
How
to reach: It is
the Gheekanta locality in the Karnavati city. This temple is at a distance of 3 Kms. from
the railway station. Board and lodging provision are there in Ratanpole nearby.
Historicity: The idol of Mulnayak Bhagawan Shankheshvar Parshvanath is
very ancient. Formely, the idol of Mulnayak was in the temple in the one-storied
residential place in the orchard of Shri Maganlal Karamchand. Many times musical notes
were heard here at night. Shri Anandji Kalyanji Trust brought this idol to the temple of
Bhagawan Dharmanath in Panjarapole in the year 2015 of the Vikram era. Shri Anandji
Kalyanji Trust built this new temple and on the first day of the dark half of the month of
Vaishak in the year 2023 of the Vikram era, this idol was installed under the auspicies of
Acharya Udhaysuri Maharaj Saheb and Nandansuri Maharaj Saheb. In this temple, there are
idols of Bhagawan Adishwar, Bhagwan Shantinath, Parshva Yaksh and Padmavatidevi. Moreover
there are 350 to 400 pinnacled temples of various sanghs and also temples in residential
places.
Trust: Seth
Shri Anandji Kalyanji Trust, Zaverivad, Kalupur, Karnavati-380001 State Gujarat, India