Dharmanatha

Dharmanatha
15th Jain Tirthankara
Idol of Tirthankar Dharmanath at Jayanagar, Bengaluru
Venerated in	Jainism
Predecessor	Anantanatha
Successor	Shantinatha
Symbol	Vajra
Height	45 bows (135 meters)
Age	2,500,000 years
Color	Golden
Personal information
Born	Ratnapuri[1]
Died	Sammed Shikhar
Parents	Bhānu (father) Suvratā (mother)

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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.^[2]

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

Biography

Dharmanatha was the fifteenth Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini) of Jainism.^[2] According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.^{[citation needed]}

His birth date was the 3rd day of the Magh Sukla month of the Indian calendar. He attained Moksha at Shikharji.^{[citation needed]}

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dharmanatha.

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

References

Sources

• Johnson, Helen M. (1931), Shri Dharmanathacaritra (Book 4.5 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra), Baroda Oriental Institute
• 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.
• Tandon, Om Prakash (2002) [1968], Jaina Shrines in India (1 ed.), New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, ISBN 81-230-1013-3

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