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Kochi Jain temple
Mattancherry, Kochi, Ernakulam district, Kerala · 9.9619°, 76.2544°
Dharmanatha, the 15th TirthankaraHirubai Jivraj Dhanji (patron)Gujarati Jain
Sacred since
1904 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1904
Hirubai Jivraj Dhanji (patron)
History & significance
A Shvetambara Murtipujak temple at Mattancherry built in 1904 by Hirubai Jivraj Dhanji in memory of her husband and run by the Cochin Swetamber Murtipujak Jain Sangh. Its white marble and sculptured pillars follow the Jain temples of Gujarat, the homeland of Kochi's Jain merchant community, and a second shrine holds Chandraprabha.