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Bade Baba Temple

Kundalpur, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh · 23.9800°, 79.7242°

Rishabhanatha (Adinatha), the first Tirthankara, known here as Bade BabaModernNagara, with modern Rajasthani elements
Sacred since
700 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
rebuilt 1997–2006 (image post-Gupta)
Modern

History & significance

The chief Digambara Jain temple of Kundalpur, housing a post-Gupta image of Rishabhanatha venerated as Bade Baba. An eighth-century temple stood here first and was rebuilt in Vikram Samvat 1757 by Bhattaraka Surendrakirti with the help of the Bundela ruler Chhatrasal; the present larger temple was begun in 1997 under Acharya Vidyasagar and received the image in January 2006.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern