Songadh (Saurashtra)

Songadh Tirtha
Nandishwar Deep Mandir
Basic information
Location Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Affiliation Jainism
Festivals Mahavir Jayanti
Date established 1930
Temple(s) 8

Songadh is a town in Bhavnagar District of Saurashtra in Gujarat, India. It is 8km from Sihor town and 28km from Bhavnagar town.

Importance

Kanji Swami, a mystical teacher of Jainism, spent about forty years at Songadh so the village has become major pilgrim place of his Digambara Jain followers. In 2010, a 41.5 feet idol of Lord Bahubali was also installed here.[1][2].

Overview

Its main temple complex contains the following temples:

  1. Param Agam Mandir, literally meaning Temple of Sacred Texts. Walls of this temple are carved with the Digambar Jain sacred texts of Samayasāra.
  2. Jin Mandir.
  3. Swadyay Mandir, literally meaning Temple of Study.
  4. Nandishwar Deep Mandir.
  5. Man Stambhaji
  6. Jinendra Dharmasabha - Simandhar God's Religious Court
  7. Samadhi Mandir in memory of Kanji Swami
  8. Samadhi Mandir in memory of Champa Ben

See also

Reference

Citation

  1. ↑ Times of India & 41-ft Bahubali statue.
  2. ↑ Srinivasaraju & Granite statue of Bahubali.

Source

  • "41-ft Bahubali statue makes a halt in city". The Times of India. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  • Srinivasaraju, Sugata (28 June 2010). "Moving A Mountain - Faith meets craftsmanship in a giant granite statue of Bahubali". Outlook. Retrieved 23 August 2018.

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