Shantinatha

Shantinatha
16th Jain Tirthankara, 5th Chakravartin, 11th Kamadeva
Seated image of Shantinatha with old Kannada inscription (1200 A.D.) engraved on the pedestal in Shantinatha Basadi, Jinanathapura
Symbol	Deer
Height	40 bows (120 metres)
Age	over 700 000 years
Color	Golden
Spouse	Yasomati
Parents	Visvasena (father) Achira (mother)
Preceded by	Dharmanatha
Succeeded by	Kunthunatha
Born	Hastinapur
Moksha	Shikharji

Shantinatha was the sixteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present age (Avasarpini). Shantinatha was born to King Visvasen and Queen Achira at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date is the thirteenth day of the Jyest Krishna month of the Indian calendar. He was also a Chakravarti and a Kamadeva. He ascended to throne when he was 25,000 years old. At the age of 50,001 years, he became a Jain Monk and started his penance. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.

32 feet statue of Shantinath at Shantinath Jinalaya in Shri Mahavirji.

20 feet statue of Shantinath at Bhojpur Jain Temple

18 feet (5.5 m) sculpture at Shantinatha basadi,Halebidu

Image of the main deity at Shantinatha temple, Khajuraho, India. The statue is 15 feet in height.

Shantinatha Basadi, Jinanathapura (1200 A.D.), Hassan district, Karnataka

The Shantinath Temple at Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh, the columns show Jain monks

Shantinath Jain temple, Kothara

Shanthinath Temple, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, India

Shantinath Jain Teerth

'Singh Dwaar' of Prachin Bada Mandir, Hastinapur