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Calcutta Jain Temple

পরশনাথ মন্দির

Kolkata, West Bengal · 22.5916°, 88.3778°

Shitalanatha (10th Tirthankara)Modern—

Sacred since

1867 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

1867

Modern

History & significance

A Shvetambara complex of four shrines at Badridas Temple Street, built in 1867 by the philanthropist Rai Badridas Bahadoor Mookim and consecrated by Acharya Kalyansuri. The main shrine to Shitalanatha is famous for mirror-inlaid pillars, stained glass, mosaic and glass chandeliers, and a ghee lamp said to have burned since 1867; the complex also holds the footprints of the monks Jinadattasuri and Jinkushalsuri.

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