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Early modern · Jain · India
Shankheshwar Parshwanath Jain Temple
શંખેશ્વર (તા. શંખેશ્વર)
Shankheshwar, Patan, Gujarat · 23.5139°, 71.7316°
Parshwanatha, the twenty-third TirthankaraUndetermined—
Sacred since
1155 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1811; Jain temples attested here from 1155
Undetermined
History & significance
A leading Jain pilgrimage centre in Patan district. The present Parshwanath temple was built in 1811, but Jain temples are recorded at Shankheshwar from at least 1155 CE, and ruins of an older temple dated 1596 stand nearby.