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again installed here. There is a legend associated with this temple, according to which it was magically brought here from Khed (Badmer) by Yashobhadra Suri, who was an expert in occult arts. This legend was, apparently, very popular It is also repeated in an inscription of V.E. 1557 (1500 A.D.). The close association of Yashobhadra Suri of Sanderakagachchha with this place is related in several Tirthmalas and other Jain works. In the southern part of the town there is an ancient Chabutara, with a sculptured38 portrait of Yashobhadra Suri. Many letters of this inscription have been obliterated but the words “Yasobhadracharyadi” are still legible. The hill fort known as Jakham contains a Jain temple, dedicated to Adinath. It was renovated by Nadlai Jain Sangh in V.E. 1686. At the foot of this hill, there is a group of Jain temples, of which the temple of Suparshvanath bears an important inscription of V.E. 1721 from the reign of Thakur Abhayraj Medatiya. The icon39 of Suparshvanath was installed there in V.E. 1669 Jyesth Sudi 5 during the reign of Rana Amarsingh by Pragvat Jain Rana Tusa and others of Nadol. To the south east of the town, there is a hill crowned with a Jain temple of Neminath. Architecturally, it is not worthy of notice. But the pillars of the Sabha-Mandap, have two inscriptions of V.E. 1195 and 1443 respectively. The earlier record commemorates a gift made by Gubilot Rajdeva. The other records a grant made by the Sonagara branch and informs us that the temple was renovated under the instructions of Vijaychandra Suri of Brihad-gachchha
Nana :
Nana is famous for having a temple of Jiwant-Svami in the remote past. Presently, there is a Mahavir temple, which according to an inscription on its right hand side was built40 before
38. Jain Tirth Sarva Sangrah Vol. I Pt. II. (Ah. 1953) pp. 222-223.
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40. Abu V No. 341.
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