Jain Pilgrimage

Author(s): Lalitprabhsagar
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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the Lodravpur pilgrimage, Thirooshah had set out with a pilgrim-party for the pilgrimage of Palitana. While returning back he had brought this idol from Patan. The chariot on which the idol had arrived here, remains preserved here even today whereas some people maintain that this chariot belongs to those sculptors who were proceeding to Multan. A stone plaque engraving informs that the idol was consecrated by the lotus hands of Acharya Shree Jinrajsuri on Migsar Shukla Dwadashi in Vikram Samvat 1673. This idol of the principal deity Shree Sahasraphana Chintamani Parshwanath which glorifies this pilgrimage is the oldest rare idol in the country which is ornamented with a thousand cobra-hoods.
Although the work of renovation has been completed recently, the real credit of building and preserving this pilgrimage goes to Thiroobhai Shah. From near and around Laudrapur up to distant places, the ruins of thousands of buildings remind us of the ancient history. This very beautiful pilgrimage established in a peaceful environment amidst the sandy mounds of the desert, is like a blooming wish-fulfiller Kalpavriksha.
Unprecedented samples of the architectural art can be seen within the temple presincts. The gateway as well as the campus of the temple are extremely beautiful. At the summit of the temple there are the remains of a Kalpvriksha about which it is said that it is really a wishfulfiller. For the preservation and beautification of this tree, the management has placed an attractive cover on it. The pillars, ceilings and spires of the temples here are exqutsite examples of finest engravings.
The presiding deity of the temple is also considered to be extremely miraculous and influential. Besides the common travellers and tourists, highly placed commanders of the Indian army also come here to pray and to worship. It is popularly believed that the reigning deity fulfills the wishes expressed in his name. Here the Nagraj (serpent god) is also sometimes seen.
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