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Mandwala, Jalore district, Rajasthan · 25.4294°, 72.5234°
A Svetambara Jain temple at Mandwala in Jalore district, built between 1993 and 1999 in the shape of a ship some 55 feet high and faced in Makrana marble. Shantinatha is its mulnayak, at the centre of the shrine.
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.
Devotees recount that at the cremation of Acharya Jin Kantisagar Suri on 3 December 1985 the master's right hand rose from the pyre and swayed, taken as a last blessing to the thousands watching.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern
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