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Jain Society of Greater Detroit PRATISHTHA MAHOTSAV JUNE 27-JULY 6 1998
जनमान
UDAYRATNA UPADHYAY
(V.S. 17)
Stories Of The Sadhu
Upadhyay Shri Udayratnaji, who was the son of Manbai and Vardhman , arrived at Kheda. Inspired by him one shravak took on a pilgrimage to Shankeshvar. At that time
Parshvanathjis statue was with greedy ruler who charged money
for darshan. The UKURAN
Kheda sangh reached there late and the pujari refused to open the temple. Everyone, including the Upadhyayji had decided not to eat or drink until they had done darshan. Everyone stood in front of the door, waiting to go in. Upadhyayji created a stavan for Parshvanathji. Adhishtayk deity was pleased and the
doors opened up. A joyous atmosphere filled the temple and everyone was able to darshan. With this miracle the Thakur, the ruler of the area, realized his mistake of charging fees to Jains to do darshan and forfeited his rights over the temple, returning it to the Jain community (sangh). He adopted Jainism as his religion. Udayratnaji and was an accomplished poet and several of his creations are famous even today. It is said that the Upadhyaji was capable of magically creating a samovsaran of Ttirthankars.
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