Dharmanatha

Dharmanatha
15th Jain Tirthankara
Images depicting Dharmanatha (Chandragiri Vatika)
Symbol	Vajra
Height	45 bows (135 meters)
Age	2,500,000 years
Color	Golden
Parents	Bhanu (father) Suvrata (mother)
Preceded by	Anantanatha
Succeeded by	Shantinatha
Born	Ratnapuri
Moksha	Shikharji

Dharmanatha was the fifteenth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Dharmanath was born to King Bhanu Raja and Queen Suvrata Rani at Ratnapuri in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the third day of the Magh Sukla month of the Indian calendar.^[1]

Hutheesing Jain Temple, located at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, constructed in 1848 AD, is dedicated to him.

Famous Temple

• Hutheesing Jain Temple: best known Jain temple in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India. It was constructed in 1848.
• Dharmanath Jains Temple at Mattancherry, Kochi, Kerala

Gallery

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  Hutheesing Jain Temple with 52 devakulikas
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  Dharmanath Jain temple in Mattancherry, Kochi
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  Dharmanath Tonk, Shikharji
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  Footprint at Dharmanath Tonk, Shikharji

See also

• God in Jainism
• Arihant (Jainism)
• Jainism and non-creationism

References

1. Tukol 1980, p. 31.

Sources

• Tukol, T. K. (1980). Compendium of Jainism. Dharwad: University of Karnataka.
• Shah, Umakant Premanand (1987). Jaina-Rupa Mandana: Jaina Iconography:, Volume 1. India: Shakti Malik Abhinav Publications. ISBN 81-7017-208-X.