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ऋषभदेव
Rishabhdeo, Udaipur, Rajasthan · 24.0770°, 73.6936°
A major Jain pilgrimage centre in Udaipur district revered by Digambara and Shvetambara alike, and by local Bhil communities. The Rajasthan High Court ruled in a judgment of 30 March 1966 that it is a Shvetambara Jain temple.
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.
The image is said to have appeared first under a banyan tree outside Vatpradnagar and then beneath another tree a kilometre away before being enshrined where it now stands.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined; later patronised by the Sisodia Maharanas of Udaipur
Answers only from cited records
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