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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 legend

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)