Shri
Dungarpur Tirth
Mulnayak:
Nearly 105 Cms. high, White - colored metal idol of Bhagwan Adinath in the Padmasana
posture.
Tirth: It is in the Manek Chok area
in the Dungarpur town of Rajasthan. This tirth is at a distance of 32 Kms. from a the
Kesariyaji tirth. The Nearest railway station of Dungapur is at distance of 2 kilometers.
There are adequate provision for boarding and lodging..
Historicity: Seth Sanvalldas Davada Built
this temple and installed the large idol of Bhagwan Adinath under the auspices of the
disciples of Acharya Ratnasurishvarji in the year 1526 of the Vikram era. Thinking it to
be an idol of gold, Muslims damaged this idol during the Muslim invasion. This white
colored idol was then reinstalled. The metal parikar is there even today with the pictures
of the twenty four Tirthankars of the past, present and the future groups.The temple of
Bhagwan Parshvanath built by Seth Shala Shah is exceedingly splendid. It is in the old
Ghati Street here. The painting. of the scenes of the fourteen dreams, the nine plintings
plants, the eight mangals and Yakshas and Yakshinis are worth memory
Trust: Shri Adinath Bhagawan Jain
Svetambar Mandir Pedhi, Manek Chowk, Dungarpur : 314001, State Rajasthan, India.