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{{Infobox religious building<br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Jainism]]<br />
| image = Kutch Bhadreshwar Jain Temple.jpg<br />
| image_size = 300px<br />
| caption = Vasai Jain Temple<br />
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| map_type = India Gujarat<br />
| map_caption = Location within Gujarat<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|22|54|42.1|N|69|54|14|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| location = [[Bhadresar]], [[Kutch district]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]<br />
| deity = [[Ajitnath]]<br />
| festivals = [[Mahavir Jayanti]]<br />
| temple_quantity = 1<br />
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'''Bhadreshwar Jain Temple''', also known as '''Vasai Jain Temple''', is a historical importance located in [[Bhadreshwar]] village of Mundra Taluka, [[Kutch]], [[Gujarat]], India.<ref name=A>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cseindia.org/content/cse-analyses-eia-report-thermal-power-project-bhadreshwar-kutch-gujarat |title=CSE analyses: EIA report of thermal power project, Bhadreshwar, Kutch, Gujarat |access-date=19 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720174756/http://www.cseindia.org/content/cse-analyses-eia-report-thermal-power-project-bhadreshwar-kutch-gujarat |archive-date=20 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=C>{{cite web|title=Bhadreshwar|url=http://www.gujarattourism.com/showpage.aspx?contentid=263&webpartid=532|publisher=Gujarat Tourism, Government of Gujatat|access-date=30 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127061812/http://www.gujarattourism.com/showpage.aspx?contentid=263&webpartid=532|archive-date=27 January 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
It is believed to be one of the oldest Jain temples in India, although they have been renovated and rehabilitated from time to time.<ref name=C/><br />
The temple is said to be first renovated by King Sidhsen of Bhadrawati in 449 B.C. .<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.amrutbaghresort.com/religioustemple.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002094056/http://www.amrutbaghresort.com/religioustemple.html |archive-date=2 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>http://travel.india.com/kutch/places-to-visit/temples-bhadreshwar-jain-temple/</ref> It is said a Jain layman named Devchandra laid the foundation stone of this temple centuries ago. In year 1125, the temple was renovated extensively by [[Jagdusha]].<ref name="gb">{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha (Public Domain text)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLUBAAAAYAAJ|year=1880|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press|pages=213–215}}</ref> The temples have been destroyed many times due to natural calamities like earthquakes and the chronicles of [[Mistris of Kutch]], mention that they were the architects and artisans, who renovated temples during the earthquakes of [[1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake|1819]], 1844–45 and 1875.<ref>Kadia Kashtriya Itihas. Published in 1896.</ref><ref>''Nanji Bapa ni Nondh-pothi'' Gujarati book,1999 Vadodara. It is a diary of Railway Contracts done by KGK community noted by Nanji Govindji Tank. This book was given ''Aank Sidhhi'' award by ''Kutch Shakti'' at [[Mumbai]] in year 2000. The book has year wise details of Railway lines built by Mistris of Kutch and has a section with photos on Historical Monuments & Architects built by Mistris of Kutch.</ref><ref name=S>''Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya Samaj : A brief History & Glory'' : by Raja Pawan Jethwa. (2007) Calcutta.</ref><ref name="Burgess1876">{{cite book|author=James Burgess|author-link=James Burgess (archaeologist)|title=Report on the Antiquities of Kutch & Kathiawar: Being the Result of the Second Season's Operations of the Archaeological Survey of Western India, 1874-1875|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u0D9MgEACAAJ|access-date=27 August 2016|year=1876|publisher=India Museum|location=London|pages=205–210}} [http://www.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/106940 Alt URL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829062000/http://www.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/106940 |date=29 August 2016 }}</ref><br />
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In former temple, the lower part was considered the oldest in age, perhaps about 1170. The temple complex was expanded with the corridors, then the outer wings, then the shrine, and last of all the porch.<ref name="gb"/> The temple complex was again completely devastated in [[2001 Gujarat earthquake|earthquake of 26 January 2001]], however, it has now been completely rebuilt to as many of the old shrines were destroyed to the extent that it could not be rehabilitated.<ref name="Burgess1876"/><ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/jvblogger/5392319348/ Newly Built Bhadreshwar Jain Tirth, Kutch]</ref><ref>[https://www.panoramio.com/photo/8430125 Photo of old Bhadreshwar Jain Temple] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528033317/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8430125 |date=28 May 2017 }} Old Jain Temple, with rubble of structure destroyed in earthquake, which can be seen.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cptrivedi.com/p_53_jinalaya_temple.asp |title=53 Jinalaya Temple of Bhadreshwar Tirth (Construction) |access-date=19 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624043553/http://cptrivedi.com/p_53_jinalaya_temple.asp |archive-date=24 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Architecture==<br />
The general plan is like that of the [[Dilwara Temples]] on mount Abu. It stands in a court about 48 feet wide by 85 long, surrounded by a row of forty-four shrines with a corridor in front. The temple stands in a courtyard, which, from the line of the temple front, is covered by three pillared domes. The temple, facing the east, is entered by a flight of steps that rise from the outer door to the covered area in front of the sanctuary. Over the porch is another large dome covering an area separated by a low screen wall from the area of the entrance hall, mandap, between it and the front of the temple itself. At the south-west corner and behind the cells on the left side is a row of chambers with cellars entered by lifting up flagstones in the floor. In the shrine are three white marble images. The central image is Ajitnath, the second of the Tirthankars, with the date 622 probably for Samvat 1622 or AD 1565. On his right is Parshwanath with the snake hood marked 1175 (Samvat 1232), and on his left Santinath, the 16th Tirthankar, also marked 1175 (Samvat 1232) . On the extreme right is the image of the black or Shamla Parshwanath.<ref name="gb"/><ref name="Burgess1876"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Jainism in Gujarat]]<br />
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