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Dimapur Jain Temple

Dimapur, Nagaland · 25.9059°, 93.7249°

Mahavira (Moolnayak)Modern
Sacred since
1947 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1947, extended 1989
Modern

History & significance

A Digambara Jain temple on Jain Temple Road in Dimapur, built in 1947 by four members of the Sethi and Chabra families who had moved down from Kohima in 1944 to escape the Japanese advance. A rear section was added in 1989 and consecrated with a Panch Kalyanak ceremony.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern