Jinamanjari 1998 04 No 17

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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Naval is a small village 7 km southwest of Cheyyar. The village has 27 Jain families and the temple is about 85 years. It is dedicated to Tīrthankara Vāsupujya. This village is known for producing several notable and learned Jain pandits in the past 65 years.
Nelliangulam village is about 25 km south of Wandawasi. It has about 150 Jain families and the temple dedicated to Tīrthankara Neminatha is about 165 years old.
Nethapakkam village is about 8 km east of Arni. The Jain population of this village has moved out to nearby towns. The temple which is dedicated to Neminatha is located on an acre land, and it caters to the Jain families in the four villages - Mottur, Kalpoondi, Molgampoondi and S.V. Nagaram.
Othalavadi is an ancient Jain village located about 22 km from Arni. Presently, the village has 65 Jain families. The temple which was built in the tenth century is dedicated to Rşabha. There are inscriptions in the temple, dating back to 1271 C.E. They refer to the endowments made to the temple.
Peranamullur is 35 km west of Wandawasi and it has 37 Jain families. The temple is a recent one, about 80 years old and is dedicated to Rşabha.
Ponnur is an ancient Jain village which has connections to ācārya Kundakunda. It is located about 12 km southwest of Wandawasi. Its Jain population is about 70 families. There is a 12th century temple over the hill Kanagagiri and it has garbhahraha, antarala and ardhamandapa. It is dedicated to Rşabha. During a later period, it was enlarged with an addition of a maāmandapa, an yakşi shrine and an enclosure wall. Inscriptions from the village reveal that Cola chieftains and Pallavas made endowments to this temple. One of the inscriptions reveals that the idols of Pārsva and yakşiņi Jwalamāla were taken out to nearby Nilagiri (Ponnurmalai) for pūja celebrations.
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