Padampura
Padampura
Jain temple in Shivdaspura, Rajasthan, India
Padampura or Bada Padampura is a Jain temple in Shivdaspura town in Jaipur district of Rajasthan. It is located at a distance of 35 km from Jaipur on Jaipur-Kota road.
| Padampura Jain Temple | |
|---|---|
 Padampura Jain Temple | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Jainism |
| Sect | Digambara |
| Deity | Padmaprabha |
| Festivals | Mahavir Jayanti |
| Governing body | Atishay Khetra Padampura Management Committee |
| Location | |
| Location | Shivdaspura, Jaipur, Rajasthan |
  Location within Rajasthan | |
| Geographic coordinates | 26°43′35.04″N 75°56′19.29″E |
| Architecture | |
| Creator | Shri Mahorilalji Godha |
| Completed | 1945 |
| Temple(s) | 1 |
Padampura temple is a grand white marble structure spread over 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2). The mulnayak idol of the temple is a red stone idol of Padmaprabha, the 6th Tirthankara, with emblem of lotus. The idol was discovered by a farmer named Moola Jat while digging foundation for constructing his house in 1944 CE.[1]
Padampura temple is a unique Atishaya Kshetra (place of miracles) famous in north India. It is believed that the praying in the shrine cures mental, physical and other affliction.[1] According to Jain beliefs, the Kshetrapala get purges of evil spirit.[2][3][4][5] Since the discovery of the idol the problem of water vanished, death of animals, due to various diseases was stopped and after many years, villagers got a rich crop.
There are eleven vedis inside the temple adorned with idols of Tirthankaras. The temple also features a 61 feet (19 m) manastambha.[1]
So many desires of pilgrims are fulfilled here. It is said that poltergeistic problems or disturbances are solved here simply by visiting (Darshan) of Padamprabhu.
Mahorilal Godha, a businessman, gave as a charity a wide field to construct a unique circular temple made of marble, whose beautiful spire is 85 feet high. Foundation Stone of this temple was laid by Sir Seth Shri Bhagchandji Soni of Ajmer. This beautiful idol of Bhagwan Padamprabhu is installed on a high shrine in the middle of this circular temple and there are 10 more shrines in which idol of Bahubali, Mahavira, Padmaprabhu, Rishabhanatha and Naminatha etc. are installed.
The main attraction of the temple is a 27 feet (8.2 m) colossus of Padamprabha in kayotsarga posture.[1]
Annual Gatherings Annual Gathering & Festival on Vaishakh Shukla 5, the day of salvation on Falgun Krishna 4. Annual procession & main function at Vijayadashami. The fair is attended by thousands of devotees. During the fair, abhisheka is performed on the main idol.[2]
- Padmaprabhu main idol
- Dharamshala at Padampura Jain temple
Citations
- Titze & Bruhn 1998, p. 254.
- Carrithers & Humphrey 1991, p. 209.
- Ferrari 2011, p. 75.
- Smith 1997, p. 201.
Sources
- Carrithers, Michael; Humphrey, Caroline (1991). The Assembly of Listeners: Jains in Society. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521365055.
- Ferrari, Fabrizio (7 March 2011). Health and Religious Rituals in South Asia: Disease, Possession and Healing. Routledge South Asian Religion Series. Vol. 5. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-136-84629-8.
- Kunt, Aukland (2013). "Understanding Possession in Jainism: A Study of Oracular Possession in Nakoda". Modern Asian Studies. 47 (1): 109–134. doi:10.1017/S0026749X1200039X. JSTOR 23359781. S2CID 145722331.
- Smith, Frederick M. (1997). "The Archetypal Actions of Ritual: A Theory of Ritual Illustrated by the Jain Rite of Worship". 117 (1). Journal of the American Oriental Society. doi:10.2307/605660. JSTOR 605660. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Titze, Kurt; Bruhn, Klaus (1998). Jainism: A Pictorial Guide to the Religion of Non-Violence (2 ed.). Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-1534-6.
