Godi Parshwanth
| Shri Godiji Parshwanth, Mumbai | |
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Shri Godiji Parshwanth, Mumbai
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| Location | Pydhonie, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Geographic coordinates | 18°58′30″N 72°49′33″E / 18.97500°N 72.82583°ECoordinates: 18°58′30″N 72°49′33″E / 18.97500°N 72.82583°E |
| Affiliation | Jainism |
| Deity | Parsvanath |
| Festivals | Mahavir Jayanti |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Date established | 1812 |
| Temple(s) | 1 |
Godiji Parshwanath (Hindi: श्री गोडीजी पार्श्वनाथ) is the name given to several images of the Jain Tirthankar Parshwananth in India, and to the temple where it is the main deity (mulanayaka). Parshwanath was the 23rd Tirthankara who attained nirvana in 777 BCE.
The original image, about 1.5 feet high, was at Gori in Tharparkar district of Pakistan. The original temple still stands, but is empty. It is in village of Gori between Islamkot and Nagarparkar.
Among the images that bear the name Godiji Parshwanth, the best known is Godiji Parshvanath in the Pydhonie locality of Mumbai. It was established in beginning of the eighteenth century in the Fort Jain Deraser area. The image is said to have been brought from Hamirpur in Sirohi district in Rajasthan.
Seth Amichand of Khambhat settled in Mumbai and constructed a griha jinalaya. The temple was moved in 1803 to Pydhonie locality because of a fire. In 1811, his sons Nemchand and Modishah acquired the current site, and in 1812 the Pratishtha ceremony was conducted. The brick and wood structure was complete replaced by a three story marble structure in 1989.
Its 200th anniversary was celebrated in April 15-May 12. 2012. A stamp commemorating this celebration was released by Milind Deora, the then Minister of State for Communications and IT, on April 17, 2012. A four volume directory of ancient manuscripts was also released. The temple organised a community feast for 800,000 individuals. Sweets accompanying an invitation were sent to over 1,34,000 families, and every Jain temple in Mumbai was invited to mark the grand celebration.
Other Godiji Parshwanth temples are at Pune, Jaswantpura, Mohbatnagar, Shivnagar, Falaudi, Laaj,Gohili, Jalore, Sanchor, Hyderabad, Guntur, Chitradurga, etc.
For several centuries, the temple at Goripur was a celebrated Jain tirtha. It forms part of the collection of worship sites that comprise the Nagarparkar Temples. An account of its building is contained in "Gaudi Parshvanath Stavan" by Pritivimala, composed in Samvat 1650 and "Shri Gaudi Parshvanath Stavan" written by Nemavijaya in Samvat 1807.
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