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{{Infobox religious building<br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Jainism]]<br />
| image = File:Kerala jain temple.jpg<br />
| alt = Dharmanath Jain Temple<br />
| caption = Dharmanath Jain Temple<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = <br />
| map_type = <br />
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| map_size = 200<br />
| map_caption = Location within Kerala<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|9|57|43|N|76|15|16|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| location = [[Mattancherry]], [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]]<br />
| festivals = [[Mahavir Jayanti]], [[Paryushan]]<br />
| deity = [[Dharmanatha]], [[Chandraprabha]]<br />
| established = 1904<br />
| completed = <br />
| creator = Hirubhai Jivraj Dhanji<br />
| governing_body = Cochin Swetamber Murtipujak Jain Sangh<br />
| temple_quantity = 2<br />
| architecture_style = <br />
| website = {{URL|http://jaintemplecochin.org}}<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Kochi Jain temple''' or '''Dharmanath Jain temple''' is a [[Jainism|Jain]] temple in the [[Mattancherry]] in [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
Historically, Jains from [[Kutch]] & [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurastra]] used to come to Cochin, [[Kozhikode]] and [[Alleppey]] for business. This temple was built in 1904 CE ([[Vikram Samvat|VS]] 1960) by Hirubhai Jivraj Dhanji constructed this temple in memory of her husband Jivraj Dhanji.{{Sfn|Gupta|2020|p=123}}{{Sfn|Shukla|Kulshreshtha|2019|pp=103-104}}<br />
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== Architecture ==<br />
This temple is one of the major Jain pilgrimage site of India. The temple is beautifully tiled with white marble and adorned with artworks, sculptured pillars and idols of [[Tirthankara]]s.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.keralatourism.org/photo-gallery/dharmanath-jain-temple/2471 | title=Dharamanath Jain temple | work=[[Department of Tourism (Kerala)]] | access-date=16 August 2021 }}</ref> The mulnayak of the temple is an idol of [[Dharmanatha]], the 15th [[tirthankara]].{{Sfn|Mathew|2019|p=245}} The temple architecture is inspired by the Jain temples of Gujarat.{{Sfn|Kerala Tourism|Jain Temple, Mattancherry}} There is another Jain temple dedicated to Chandraprabha within the temple complex.{{Sfn|The Hindu|2014}}<br />
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== Festival ==<br />
Paryushan festival is annually organised in temple to observe an eight-day self purification festival - [[Paryushan]].{{Sfn|The Hindu|2014}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Jainism in Kerala]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
=== Citations ===<br />
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=== General sources ===<br />
* {{Citation|last1=Shukla|first1=U N |last2=Kulshreshtha|first2=Sharad Kumar|url={{Google books|58OkDwAAQBAJ|page=103|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}}|title=Emerging Trends in Indian Tourism and Hospitality: Transformation and Innovation|date=2019|publisher=Copal Publishing Group|isbn=9789383419760|language=en}} <br />
* {{Cite book| last=Mathew | first=Biju |url={{Google books|HL-tDwAAQBAJ|page=245|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}}|title=Pilgrimage to Temple Heritage|date=2019|publisher=Info Kerala Communications Pvt Ltd|isbn=9788193456781|language=en}} <br />
* {{Cite book| last=Gupta | first=Tapati Das |url={{Google books|NRrkDwAAQBAJ|page=123|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}}|title=S Chand's Icse History and Civics for Class IX|date=2020|publisher=[[S. Chand Group|S. Chand Publishing]]|isbn=9789352835034|language=en}} <br />
* {{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/jain-festival-at-mattancherry/article2392794.ece| title=Jain festival at Mattancherry | publisher=[[The Hindu]] | date=24 August 2014 | ref={{SfnRef|The Hindu|2014}} }}<br />
* {{cite web | url=https://www.keralatourism.org/kochi/jain-temple-mattancherry.php | publisher=Department of Tourism (Kerala) | title=Jain Temple, Mattancherry | ref={{SfnRef|Kerala Tourism|Jain Temple, Mattancherry}} }}<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Jain temples in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Jain temples]]<br />
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