Bharat Chakravarti Diwakar Chitrakatha 035

Author(s): Jinottamsuri, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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BHARAT CHAKRAVARTI Everyone looked agape in astonishment. The king of Thousands of eyes shed tears. Bharat gods announced The first Tirthankar of
chakravarti cried like a child. this Avasarpini, Bhagavan Rishabh Dev, has attained liberation.
O Lord, your departure has made us
orphan.
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Indra consoled Bharat.
Gods and humans together made a funeral pyre with sandal-wood. The earthly body of Prabhu was consumed by fire.
At the spot of Prabhu's liberation Bharat got a grand temple constructed. At the main gate was engraved the name--Simha Nishadya Prasad.
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An eloquent description of Ashtapad Teerth is available in Acharya Hemchandra Suri's Trishashti Shalaka Purush
Charitra, part I, verses 565-685. In this temple were installed four all-time-Jina images including that of Rishabhanan, 27 Jain and images of the 24 Tirthankars of this Avasarpinie All these were made of gemstones in colours and sizes.org
associated with those Tirthankars.