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Thus:-The permanent trustees of this shrine forming a board of management, were. (If minister Malladeva, (2.) minister Vastupāla, (3) minister. Tejapāla and the (4.) maternal uncles of Lāvaṇyasimha ( Kbimbasimha, Ambasimha, Udala, Lūņasimha, Jagasimha, Ratnasimha and others who were natives of Chandrāvati). These and their descendants were to look after the whole management of the shrine and to see that daily offerings and worship etc., were continued regularly.
The eight.day festival on anniversaries of the consecration of this shrine, and worship and festivals on the days marking the five kalyāņakas of the main deity Neminātha, were to be conducted as under :
All the managers of all shrines at Chandrāvati, Umbaraņi and Kisaraulīand the whole mahājana of the three places, should celebrate the first day ( 3rd day of dark fortnight of Falguna according to calculations of months current in Gujarat) of the Eight-day festival (atthai-mahotsava), shrāvakas of the Kāsahrada should look after celebrations on the second day, of the Brahmaņa town on the third day, of Dhauli on the fourth day, of the Mahātirtha Muņdasthala ( Mūngathalā) on the fifth one, of Aņādarā and Dabāni on the sixth, of Madāra on the seventh and of Selavāļā on the eighth day (i.e. Ioth dark half of Fālguna) for all times. Days of the Five Kalyāņakas (auspicious events ) in the life of Neminātha are to be celebrated by the shrāvakas of Delvāļā ( in which this group of temples is situated ).
On this occasion (of the consecration of the Lūņavasahi) Parmāra ruler Somasimha of Chandrāvati gave a
1 For an account of all these places see Arbudāchala-Pradakşhiņā (Gujarati) by Jayantavijaya.
