LOCATION : SINDH PRADESH, THARPARKAR, DISTRICT - NAGARPARKAR CITY, PAKISTAN TRAVEL : BY AIR TO KARANCHI AND THEN BY TRAIN.
IN VIKRAM SAMVAT 1432, ACHARYA ABHAYDEO SOORI NAMED THE IDOL AS ' ABIDHAN GODIA PARSHWANATH' AT ANHEELPUR PATAN NOW IN PAKISTAN. SHAH KHETSINGH PRESERVED THE ABOVE IDOL IN HIS HOUSE FOR 13 YEARS AND IN 1445 IT WAS KEPT IN BASEMENT OF HIS HOUSE AND LEFT ANEELPUR. IN THE MEANTIME MUSLIM RULER HUSSAIN KHAN DEMOLISHED THE HOUSE OF SHRI KHETSINGH AND CHOSE THE PLACE FOR THE PURPOSE OF STABLE. SOMEHOW IN THE YEAR 1465 THE IDOL WAS EXCAVATED FROM THE DERBIS BY MANITA BEGAM WHO KEPT THE IDOL IN HER PALACE. LATER ON KING UDAIPAL DONATED 40 BEEGHA LAND AND GAVE PERMISSION TO RAISE THE TEMPLE. MEGHAJI GOT THE TEMPLE CONSTRUCTED ON THURSDAY, MAGH SHUKLA POORNIMA IN VIKRAM SAMVAT 1494. MEGHAJI WAS AWARDED THE TITLE OF SANGHPATI.
TODAY THIS PLACE IS IN THE TERRITORY OF NAGAR PARKAR. THE TEMPLE IS IN RUINED CONDITION.
LIST OF JAIN TEMPLES IN PAKISTAN Punjab Province
S. NO.
TOWN
LOCATION OF TEMPLE
PRESIDING DEITY
REMARKS
1.
LAHORE
a)
Jain Shwetamber Temple with Shikhar
Thari Bhabrian Lahore City
b)
Jain Digamber Temple with Shikhar
Thari Bhabrian Lahore City
c)
Jain Shwetamber Dada Bari (Mini Temple)
Guru Mangat in Lahore Cantt.
Foot Prints in stone
d)
Jain Digambar Temple with Shikhar
Old Anarkali
2.
KASUR( (District Lahore, distance 50, K.M. from Lahore)
Jain Shwetamber Temple with Shikar
Kot Rukun Din
Lord Rishabh Dev
3.
GUJRANWALA (Distance 70 K.M. from Lahore)
a)
Jain Shwetamber Temple with Shikhar
Bazar Bhabrian
Lord Chintamani Parshva Nath
b)
jain Shwetamber Ghar Mandir Samadhi of Jain Acharya Atamaramji Maharaj with a large Dome
Opposite Camping Ground i.e. PARARO, G. T. Road
Lord Vasupujya & Foot Prints of Acharya Atma Ramji
Images & Foot Prints & Wood Work since removed to Lahore Museum.
c)
Jain Shwetamber (Ghar Mandir)
Precincts of S.A. Jain Gurukul (School) G. T. Road, Near Village Kangniawaka
4.
PAPNAKHA (District Gujranwala, Distance 20 K.M. from Gujaranwala)
Jain Shwetamber Ghar Mandir
Village Proper
Lord Suvidha Nath
5.
RAM NAGAR (District Gujranwala, Distance 50 K.M. from Gujaranwala)
Jain Shwetambar Temple with Shikhar
Gali Bhabrian
Lord Chintamani Parshva Nath
6.
SIALKOT (Distance 115 K.M. from Lahore
a)
Jain Shwetamber Temple with Shikhar
Near Namak Mandi in City
b)
Jain Digamber Temple
Cantonment
7.
NORWAL (District Sialkot, distance 40 K.M. from Sialkot)
Jain Shwetamber Temple with Shikhar
8.
SANKHATRA (District Sialkot, Distance 50 K.M. from Sialkot)
Jain Shwetamber Temple with Shikhar
9.
JHELUM CITY (Distance 160 K.M. from Lahore on G. T. Road)
