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Ahichchhatra, Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh · 28.3731°, 79.1183°
A Jain tirtha on the ancient mound of Ahichchhatra in Bareilly district, held to be the place where Parshvanatha, the twenty-third Tirthankara, attained kevala jnana. Both Digambara and Svetambara establishments stand here; the Digambara temple was rebuilt in 1975 and further shrines added in 2002 and 2007, on a site whose antiquities run back to the Indo-Scythian, Kushan and Gupta periods.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
While Parshvanatha meditated, a demon is said to have flooded him to the neck, whereupon the serpent king Dharanendra spread a thousand-hooded canopy above him and the goddess Padmavati coiled about his body to hold him clear of the water.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern
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