Jain Shwetambar Tirth Shree Antariksh Parshwanath

Author(s): Jambuvijay
Publisher: Sumtilal Ratanchand Patni

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પાશ્વનાથ
[49] For the rest, the case presented by the written statement referred to was that the temple in question originally and absolutely belonged to the Digambari Jains, the Digambaris at Shirpur doing all the management, with the help and advice of other followers at Khamgaon and Karanja. The association between the two sects referred to in the plaint was stated to have been brought about by an invitation from the Digambrias to some respectable gentlemen from among the Swetambaris to join in a committee of management under an arrangement which continued until 1908, when the Treasurer and Vice-President of the committee, both Swetambaris, with a view of with holding the wealth of this Digambari temple, had kept back the accounts which, when called upon, they had agreed to present; in consequence of which conduct, as appears te be implied in the written statement, their instance. In confirmation of the assertion that the temple and idol were Digambari, it was pointed out in the statement that the Deity in question was Digambari in its position, having been installed by a Jain Digambari King in a temple of Digambari style and construction and that, itself a principal Idol, it was surrounded by Digambarl idols worshipped only by Digambaris. The Swetambari had never worshipped this diety with the chaksu and tika and ornaments, and they had never been permitted by the Digambari so to do.