Shri
Jakhou Tirth


Bhagawan
Mahavir Swami
Mulnayak: Nearly
84 cms. High, white - colored idol of Bhagawan Mahavir Swami in the Padmasana posture.
How
to reach: It is
in the center of the village Jakhou. Bhuj, the nearest railway station, is at a distance
of 108 Kilometers. Tera Tirth is 28 Kms from this place. There are facilities of
Dharmashala and bhojanashalas.
Historicity: This sacred place is the group of the five sacred places
regarded as the five great sacred places of the Abadasa Taluk; there are 8 other t temples
in the same compound. Since two sons of Seth Ratansi built it, it is also called
Shri Ratantunk Jain temple. This temple was formally installed in the year
1905 and formally reinstalled in the year 2028 of the Vikram era. A festival is celebrated
here every year on the fifth day of the bright half of the month of Magh. Here, there are
27 ancient idols. Nine tonks (Peaks) of neighboring temples in the same compound, present
a lovely and beautiful scene.
Trust: Shri Jakhou Ratnatunk Derasar Pedhi, Jakhou - 370640 Taluko -
Abadasa, Dist. - Kutch, Gujarat State, India