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Shri Bhoyani Tirth

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Mulnayak | Tirth | Historicity | Other Temples | Works of art and Sculpture | Guidelines | Trust | Photo Gallery

Mulnayak: Nearly 104 cms. high white-colored idol of Bhagawan Mallinath in the Padmasana posture.

Tirth: It is near the village of Bhoyani

Historicity: This place was once famous as ‘Padmavatinagar’. The remains found here from fields and lakes, show that this was a very ancient place and there were many Jain temples. While a well was being dug in the field, this idol was found in the year 1930 of the Vikram era. It was formally installed in the newly set up beautiful and splendid temple on the tenth day of the bright half of the month of Magh in the year 1943 of the Vikram era. This idol in a womanly form.

Other Temples: Besides, an Acharya Maharaj has set up the Padmavati complex.

Works of art and Sculpture: There are seven sanctuaries in this vast and splendid temple, Nowhere else, there is such an ancient idol of Bhagawan Mallinath(in womanly form) . Other idols and remains found from the ground are also artistic and delightful.

Guidelines: At a distance of half a kilometer from the temple, the railway station Bhoyani is at a distance of 8 kilometers from Kadi on the Kalol-Bahucharaji railway line. Bus service and private vehicles are available here. There are good boarding and lodging provisions. There are also new blocks.

Trust: Shri Mallinath Maharaj Karkhana Pedhi, Bhoyani, Taluka : Viramgam, Gujarat State, India.


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