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Kundalpur Jain Temples

Kundalpur, Damoh, Madhya Pradesh · 23.9888°, 79.7191°

Rishabhanatha (Bade Baba)Bundela (renovation)Square shrines with domed roofs and pinnacles
Sacred since
500 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 6th c.; renovated 1700
Bundela (renovation)

History & significance

A Digambar Jain pilgrimage complex of roughly fifty temples on and around a hill northeast of Damoh, centred on the colossal Rishabhanatha image known as Bade Baba. The shrine was renovated around 1700 with help from the Bundela ruler Chhatrasal.

Sthala katha — the traditional account

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.

Jain tradition holds that Shridhar Kevali, the last of the omniscient ones, attained liberation here.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Bundela (renovation)