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{{Infobox deity<br />
| type = Jain<br />
| deity_of = 15th Jain [[Tirthankara]]<br />
| image = Jain statues in Anwa, Rajasthan 29.jpg<br />
| caption = Dharmanatha statue at Anwa, Rajasthan<br />
| alt = Dharmanatha statue at Anwa, Rajasthan<br />
| venerated_in = [[Jainism]]<br />
| symbol = [[Vajra]]<br />
| color = Golden<br />
| father = Bhanu<br />
| mother = Suvrata<br />
| height = 45 bows (135 meters)<br />
| age = 2,500,000 years<br />
| tree = <br />
| predecessor = [[Anantanatha]]<br />
| successor = [[Shantinatha]]<br />
| birth_place = [[Ratnapuri, India|Ratnapuri]]{{sfn|Tandon|2002|p=45}}<br />
| moksha_place = [[Shikharji]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Jainism}}<br />
'''Dharmanatha''' was the fifteenth [[Jain]] [[Tirthankara]] of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a [[siddha]], a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its [[Karma in Jainism|karma]]. Dharmanath was born to King Bhanu Raja and Queen Suvrata Rani at [[Ratnapuri, India|Ratnapuri]] in the [[Ikshvaku dynasty]]. His birth date was the third day of the Magh Sukla month of the Indian calendar.{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}}<br />
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[[Hutheesing Jain Temple]], located at [[Ahmedabad]] in [[Gujarat]], constructed in 1848 AD, is dedicated to him.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Dharmanatha was the fifteenth [[Tirthankara]] of the present age (Avasarpini) of [[Jainism]].{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} According to Jain beliefs, he became a [[siddha]], a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its [[karma in Jainism|karma]].{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}<br />
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His birth date was the 3rd day of the Magh Sukla month of the Indian calendar. He attained ''[[Moksha (Jainism)|Moksha]]'' at [[Shikharji]].{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}<br />
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==Famous Temple==<br />
* [[Hutheesing Jain Temple]]: best known Jain temple in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India. It was constructed in 1848.<br />
* [[Kochi Jain temple|Dharmanath Jains Temple]] at [[Mattancherry]], [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]]<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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Sheth_Hutheesinh_Temple.jpg|Hutheesing Jain Temple with 52 devakulikas<br />
Kerala_jain_temple.jpg|Dharmanath Jain temple in Mattancherry, Kochi<br />
Dharmanath Tonk, Shikharji.jpg|Dharmanath Tonk, [[Shikharji]]<br />
Footprint at Dharmanath Tonk, Shikharji.jpg|Footprint at Dharmanath Tonk, [[Shikharji]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[God in Jainism]]<br />
*[[Arihant (Jainism)]]<br />
*[[Jainism and non-creationism]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
* {{citation |last=Johnson |first=Helen M. |author-link=Helen M. Johnson |title=Shri Dharmanathacaritra (Book 4.5 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra) |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/jainism/book/trishashti-shalaka-purusha-caritra/d/doc213314.html |publisher=[[Maharaja_Sayajirao_University_of_Baroda#Oriental_Institute|Baroda Oriental Institute]] |date=1931 }}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|last=Tukol<br />
|first=T. K.<br />
|title=Compendium of Jainism<br />
|publisher=University of Karnataka<br />
|year=1980<br />
|location=Dharwad<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite book<br />
|last=Shah<br />
|first= Umakant Premanand<br />
|title=Jaina-Rupa Mandana: Jaina Iconography:, Volume 1<br />
|year=1987<br />
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_y_P4duSXsC<br />
|location=India<br />
|publisher=Shakti Malik Abhinav Publications<br />
|isbn=81-7017-208-X}}<br />
* {{citation |last=Tandon |first=Om Prakash |author-link=Om Prakash Tandon |title=Jaina Shrines in India |publisher=Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]], [[Government of India]] |isbn=81-230-1013-3 |date=2002 |orig-year=1968 |edition=1 |location=[[New Delhi]] }}<br />
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