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Simandhar is a living Tirthankara, an Arihant, who is said to be currently present on another world in the Jain cosmological universe. [12] [13] The Arihant Simandhar is believed to be currently 150,000 earth years old and has a remaining lifespan of 125,000 earth years. He lives in the city of Pundarikgiri, the capital of Pushpakalavati, one ...
Simandhar Swami Jain Derasar is a temple located near Modhera crossroads. It is 49 metres (161 ft) long, 30 metres (97 ft) broad and 33 metres (107 ft) high. The central deity (moolnayak) of the temple is a 12 feet (3.7 m) white idol of Simandhar Swami in lotus position (padmasana). The temple was established in 1971 under guidance of Jain monk ...
Tirthankara images at Siddhachal Caves inside Gwalior Fort.. Jain texts propound that a special type of karma, the tīrthaṅkara nama-karma, raises a soul to the supreme status of a Tīrthaṅkara.
Niruben formed her own organisations; Dada Bhagwan Foundation Trust and Simandhar Swami Aradhana Trust in Ahmedabad and Mahavideh Foundation in Mumbai. She became a popular leader of the movement and was addressed as Niruma by her followers from 1999. [2] [4] After death of Niruben in 2006, she was succeeded by Deepakbhai Desai. [5]
Sculpture depicting Rishabhanatha, the first Arihant of the present half cycle of time moving over lotus after attaining omniscience.. Arihant (Jain Prakrit: अरिहन्त, Sanskrit: अर्हत् arhat, lit.
Munisuvrata was the twentieth tirthankara of the present half time cycle (avasarpini) in Jain cosmology. [2] Jain texts like padmapurana place him as a contemporary of Rama. [3] [4] According to Jain texts, Munisuvrata was born as 54 lakh years passed after the birth of the nineteenth tirthankara, Mallinātha. [5]
Shrimad Rajchandra (9 November 1867 – 9 April 1901), also known as Param Krupalu Dev, was a Jain poet, mystic, philosopher, scholar, and reformer from India. Born in Vavaniya, a village near Morbi, he claimed to have attained recollection of his past lives at the age of seven.