Jinamanjari 1998 04 No 17

SR No.: 524017
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication
Publication Year: 1998
Total Pages: 96
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, Canada_Jinamanjari, & Canada
File Size: 6 MB

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Jinamanjari, volume 17, No.1, April 1998
NEWS DIGEST
JAIN STATUES OF LORD PARSVA IN TWO POSTURES WERE DISCOVERED AT MURUMA VILLAGE IN MAHARASHTRA.
This small village which once was a part of the Nizam of Hydrabad is located presently in the taluk of Umaraga in the district of Osmanabad in Maharashtra. In its hey days the village was said to have a large Jain population with five caityas for their worshipping. Nizam's army when occupied the region, it destroyed four caityas and only one was safely secured by the faithful. Nevertheless, when the remained caitya was about to be destroyed, the sravakas removed the temple's main idols which measured five feet tall. It was hidden underground behind the temple. A small idol of Lord Candraprabha was placed in the temple, in lieu of the buried one, and thus, it became known as Candraprabha temple. Thus, the idol in the ground stayed unknown from then onwards.
The earthquake tremors that occurred in Decan India in the year 1994 destroyed this temple, and the reconstruction of the temple was envisaged. The foundation laying ceremony was held on tenth of February 1997 in the spiritual presence of kshūllak Ajita Sagara, who is in the second stage before he could become a monkshood of the Digambara tradition.
As the excavation began for foundation and was dug to about seven feet deep, the discovery of the buried idols of Lord Pārśva was made, and recovered on Sunday, 23 March 1997.
The excavation revealed a tunnel leading to two idols of Pārśva - one in padmāsana and another in kāyotsarga positions, and a plan of the temple.
Recently, local newspapers from Solapur like Kēsari, Sanchāra, Lõkamata and Pudāri Taruna have reported about this discovery with photographs.
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