Modern · Jain · India
Songadh Jain Temple Songadh, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat · 21.7133°, 71.8846°
Simandhara Swami Modern —
Sacred since
1930 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
established 1930; first temple 1937
Modern
History & significance A Digambara Jain temple complex at Songadh in Bhavnagar district, established in 1930 around the teaching of Kanji Swami, whose Svadhyaya Mandir of 1937 was its first building. Its white marble shrines, one of them dedicated to Simandhara, carry carved scriptural texts and murals.
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coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern