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[[File:India-7810_-_Flickr_-_archer10_(Dennis).jpg|thumb|Inner dome of the Jain temple at Walkeshwar, Mumbai]]<br />
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[[Mumbai]] has one of the largest populations of [[Jainism|Jains]] among all the cities in [[India]]. Mumbai also has numerous [[Jain temples]]. One of the best known is the Babu Amichand Panalal [[Lord Rishabha|Adishwarji]] Jain Temple, Walkeshwar (Malabar Hill).<br />
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Jains are among the most prosperous communities in Mumbai, with a number of big businesses owned and industries dominated by them.<br />
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On Mahavira Janma Kalyanak of 2019, more than 108 Sanghas of Mumbai together hosted Varghoda which ended at [[Godiji|Godiji Parshvanath temple.]]<br />
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==Godiji Parshwanath Temple==<br />
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The Godiji Parshwanath Temple in Pydhonie is one of the oldest Jain temple in Mumbai, constructed in 1812. The white idol of the ''mulnayak'' Tirthankar [[Godiji|Godi Parshwanatha]] was brought from an ancient temple at Hamirpur in Rajasthan.<br />
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==Religious organisations==<br />
{{main|Dakshin Bharat Jain Sabha}}<br />
The [[Dakshin Bharat Jain Sabha]] is a religious and social service organisation of the [[Jainism|Jain]]s of South India. The organisation is headquartered at [[Kolhapur]], Maharashtra, India.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OmBjoAFMfjoC&pg=PA368 |title=People of India: Maharashtra - Kumar Suresh Singh - Google Books |isbn=9788179911006 |access-date=2013-01-30|last1=Bhanu |first1=B. V. |year=2004 }}</ref> The association is credited with being one of the first Jain associations to start reform movements among the Jains in modern India.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LW8czr_HzzwC&pg=PA235 |title=The Assembly of Listeners: Jains in Society - Google Books |date= 4 April 1991|isbn=9780521365055 |access-date=2013-01-30|last2=Carrithers |first2=Michael |last3=Humphrey |first3=Caroline }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JdNNz1jcN9cC&pg=PA72 |title=A World Religions Reader - Google Books |date= 26 May 2009|isbn=9781405171090 |access-date=2013-01-30|last1=Markham |first1=Ian S. |last2=Sapp |first2=Christy Lohr }}</ref> The organisation mainly seeks to represent the interests of the native Jains of Maharashtra ([[Marathi Jains]]), Karnataka ([[Kannada Jains]]) and Goa.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Jainism in Maharashtra]]<br />
*[[Godiji|Godiji Parshwanath]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Jain communities]]<br />
[[Category:Jainism in India by city|Mumbai]]<br />
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