________________
140
are two
To the right of the central temple, there is another small temple in which there images of Suparsvanatha, one of Neminatha and one of Chandraprabhu. From an inscription, it is clear that three out of four images were set up in V. S. 1546 (A. D. 1490).
Besides erecting temples to Tirthankaras, Vastupala showed his great devotion to Jina by making 13 pilgrimages to Satrunjaya, Giranara and the other holy places of the Jains. In an inscription of his, it is said that in V. S. 1249 (A. D. 1192-3), he made a pilgrimage to Satrunjaya and Giranara with his father Āsarāja who was a Sanghapati or the leader of the congregation. In the following year i, e. V. S. 1250 (A. D. 1193-4) he again went to Satrunjaya and Giranara in the company of his father. In V. S. 1277 (A. D. 1220-21) Vastupala became a Sanghavi and went to Giranara, Devapattana and Satrunjaya with his family and Jain congregation, in dignity and pomp. In V. S. 1290 (A. D. 1233-4) V. S. 1291 (A. D. 1234-5) and V. S. 1293 (A. D. 1236–37), he went to Satrunjaya and Giranara in the company of his family and retinue. He again made seven pilgrimages to Satrunjaya in the years V.
(5) Acharya V. H., Kirtikaumudi (Guj.), introduction, p. 35.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
www.umaragyanbhandar.com
