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[[Jainism]] has had a notable following in [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WzEzXDk0v6sC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA55|title=Jainism|isbn=9788120813762|access-date=21 January 2016|last1=Glasenapp|first1=Helmuth von|year=1999|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. }}</ref> According to the 2011 Census of India, around 0.959% of the population of Gujarat is Jain.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-08-27|title=Census of India : C-1 Population By Religious Community|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html|access-date=2021-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827210435/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html|archive-date=27 August 2015}}</ref> There are several old Jain temples that draw pilgrims from Jains around the world in places such as [[Palitana temples|Palitana]], [[Taranga Jain temple|Taranga]], [[Shankheshwar Jain Temple|Sankheshwar]], [[Idar, Gujarat|Idar]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Jains believe that their 22nd [[Tirthankara]] (propagators of the Jain religion) [[Neminath]] attained [[Moksha]]/ [[Nirvana]] on [[Girnar]] in Gujarat. Many other holy Kalyanak places are present in Gujarat like Palitana(Shatrunjaya), Girnar, etc. Many other monks have also got attained Moksha in Gujarat; especially on the holy mountains of Girnar and [[Shatrunjaya]]. The [[Jain councils]] were held in [[Vallabhi]] c. 5th century CE.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shah |first1=Natubhai |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLNQKGcDIhsC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA59 |title=Jainism |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers |year=2004 |isbn=9788120819382 |access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref> Their canonical scriptures were written down during this council. King [[Vanaraja Chavda]] (c. 720-780 CE) of the [[Chavda dynasty]] was brought up by a Jain monk named Shilaguna Suri.<br />
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[[Jain temples]] are found in Gujarat from as early as the 6th and 7th centuries CE. It was patronized by the [[Chaulukya dynasty|Chaulukyas]] and [[Chavda dynasty|Chavada]]s.{{sfn|Wink|1991|p=355}} [[Dhank Caves]] (3rd-7th century CE) in Rajkot district has Jain Tirthankara carvings. Northern Gujarat became a principle center of Jainism in the 13th century CE.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzpYb5UOeiwC&q=jainism+in+gujarat&pg=PA111|title=Cultural History of India|isbn=9788122415872|access-date=21 January 2016|last1=Prakash|first1=Om|year=2005|publisher=New Age International }}</ref><br />
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The earliest known [[Old Gujarati]] text ''Bharat-Bahubali Ras'', was written by a Jain monk Shalibhadra Suri.{{sfn|Datta|1987|p=454}} Of the most important people in Gujarat's Jain history were the Acharya [[Hemachandra]] Suri and his pupil, the [[Chaulukya]] ruler [[Kumarapala (Chaulukya dynasty)|Kumarapala]].<br />
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==Major Centers==<br />
Major ancient Jain centers include:<br />
*[[Palitana temples|Palitana]]<br />
*[[Girnar Jain temples|Girnar]]<br />
*[[Bhadreshwar Jain Temple|Bhadreshwar]]<br />
*[[Mahudi]]<br />
*[[Shankheshwar Jain Temple|Shankheshwar]]<br />
*[[Patan, Gujarat|Patan]]<br />
*[[Taranga Jain temple|Taranga]]<br />
*[[Radhanpur|Radhanpur Jain Tirth]]<br />
*[[Ahmedabad]]<br />
*[[Surat]]<br />
*[[Khambhat]]<br />
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==Notable people==<br />
* [[Vikram Sarabhai]]<br />
* [[Premchand Roychand]]<br />
* [[Amit Shah]]<br />
* [[Dilip Doshi]]<br />
* [[Gautam Adani]]<br />
* [[Vijay Rupani]]<br />
* [[Virji Vora]]<br />
* [[Asha Parekh]]<br />
* [[Dilip Sanghvi]]<br />
* [[Kalyanji-Anandji]]<br />
* [[Sudhir V. Shah]]---><br />
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==Photo gallery==<br />
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File:Sheth Hutheesinh Temple.jpg|[[Hutheesing Jain Temple]] in [[Ahmedabad]]<br />
File:Kutch Bhadreshwar Jain Temple.jpg|[[Vasai Jain Temple]], [[Bhadreshwar]]<br />
File:Samovsaran Mandir Palitana 02.jpg|Samovsaran Mandir, Palitana Teerth<br />
File:Girnar Jain temple - Neminath temple.jpg|[[Girnar Jain temples|Girnar]]<br />
File:Tarangaji Jain temple.jpg|[[Taranga Jain temple|Taranga]]<br />
File:Vanki - Patri Jain Mandir.jpg|Vanki - Patri Jain Mandir, [[Kutch]]<br />
File:Mahudi Temple.jpg|[[Mahudi Jain Temple]]<br />
File:Shri Shantinath Jain Derasar, Kothara, Kutch.JPG|[[Shantinath Jain temple, Kothara|Shri Shantinath Jain Derasar]], [[Kothara, Kutch|Kothara]]<br />
File:Jain Temple, Pavagadh (cropped).jpg|[[Shri Pavagadh Tirth]], part of [[Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park|Champaner-Pavagadh]] a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]<br />
File:Polo Monument and Vijaynagar Forest- Jain Temples (cropped).jpg|[[Jain temples, Abhapur]]<br />
File:Kumbhariya Jain Derasar complex, Ambaji Gujarat 240.jpg|[[Kumbharia Jain temples]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Kanji Swami]]<br />
*[[Palitana temples]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{Citation |last=Datta|first=Amaresh|author-link=Amaresh Datta|url={{Google books|ObFCT5_taSgC|page=454|plainurl=yes}} |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|date=1987|isbn=9788126018031}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Glasenapp |first=Helmuth Von | author-link=Helmuth von Glasenapp |title=Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation |date=1999 |location=[[Delhi]] |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |url={{Google books|WzEzXDk0v6sC|plainurl=yes}} |isbn=81-208-1376-6 }}<br />
* {{cite book|last=Wink|first=André|author-link=André Wink|url={{Google books|75FlxDhZWpwC|page=355|plainurl=yes}} |title=Al-Hind the Making of the Indo-Islamic World|isbn=9004102361|access-date=21 January 2016|year=1991 |publisher=BRILL }}<br />
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