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{{Infobox religious building<br />
| name = Mahudi Jain Tirth<br />
| native_name = મહુડી<br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Jainism]]<br />
| image = Mahudi Temple.jpg<br />
| alt = Mahudi Jain Tirth<br />
| caption = Mahudi Jain Tirth<br />
| map_type = India Gujarat<br />
| map_alt = <br />
| map_size = 250<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| location = <br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| deity = [[Padmaprabhu]], [[Ghantakarna Mahavir]]<br />
| festivals = [[Kali Chaudas]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|23|29|36|N|72|47|00|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| temple_quantity = 3<br />
| monument_quantity = 6<br />
| established = 1917<br />
| creator = [[Buddhisagar Suri]]<br />
| governing_body = Mahudi (Madhupuri) Jain Murtipujak Trust<br />
| website = {{url|https://mahuditemple.com/}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Mahudi Jain Temple''' is situated in [[Mahudi]] town in Mansa taluka of [[Gandhinagar district]], [[Gujarat]]. It is a pilgrimage centre of [[Jainism|Jains]] and other communities visiting the temple of Jain deity, [[Ghantakarna Mahavir]] and the [[Padmaprabhu]] Jain Temple. It was known as '''Madhupuri''' historically.<ref name=kc>{{cite news<br />
| last = Dave<br />
| first = Pranav<br />
| date = 2013-11-02<br />
| title = Kali Chaudas havan revered by all faiths<br />
| url = http://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/Kali-Chaudas-havan-revered-by-all-faiths/articleshow/25078317.cms<br />
| newspaper = The Times of India<br />
| location = Ahmedabad<br />
| publisher = timesofindia.com<br />
| access-date = 2013-11-02<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Mahudi Jain Temple was established by Jain monk, [[Buddhisagar Suri|Buddhisagarsuri]]<ref name=kc/> in 1917 CE (Magshar Sudi 6, [[Vikram Samvat]] 1974). There is an inscription in the [[Brahmi script]] of it. In 1916 CE, the foundation stone was laid on land donated by Vadilal Kalidas Vora. He along with Punamchand Lallubhai Shah, Kankkuchand Narsidas Mehta and Himmatlal Hakamchand Mehta became trustees of a trust established to manage the temple. The central deity of this temple is a 22-inch marble idol of [[Padmaprabh]]. There is a separate shrine dedicated to [[Ghantakarna Mahavir]], the protector deity. The Guru Mandir, a shrine dedicated to [[Buddhisagarsuri]] was established later.<br />
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==Culture==<br />
Devotees offer ''[[Sukhdi|sukhadi]]'', a sweet to Ghantakarna Mahavir. After offering, it is consumed by devotees within the temple complex. Tradition forbids the carrying away of such offerings outside premises.<ref name=kc/><br />
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Every year, on ''[[Kali Chaudas]]'' (the fourteenth day of the dark half of the month of Aso), thousands of devotees visit the temple to attend a religious ceremony, ''[[Havan]]''.<ref name=kc/><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Padmaprabh Swami Bhagwan.1.jpg|[[Padmaprabha]] image in the Jain temple<br />
File:GhantakarnMahvir-RavindraJain.JPG|[[Ghantakarna Mahavir]]<br />
File:Shri Vadilal Kalidas Vora.jpg|Vadilal Kalidas Vora who donated the land for temple<br />
File:Sukhdi..jpg|''[[Sukhdi]]'' - sweet offered to Ghantakarna Mahavir<br />
</gallery><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Padampura]]<br />
* [[Vijapur]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Jain temples}}<br />
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[[Category:Jain temples in Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Gandhinagar district]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Jain temples]]<br />
[[Category:Māru-Gurjara architecture]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Gujarat]]</div>imported>Nizil Shah