Shri Charup Parshvnath Shwetamber Jain Tirth, Charup, District - Patan (Gujarat)

Shwetamber Jain Tirth in Charup, Patan श्री चारुप पार्श्वनाथ , चारुप (पाटन) गुजरात पाटण जिले के चारुप में है श्री चारुप पार्श्वनाथ महातीर्थ । अति प्राचीन कृष्णवर्ण आकर्षक मनोहारी देवी सहायता से प्राप्त हुई 37×43" की सप्त फणा पद्मासन अवस्था वाली प्रतिमाजी है। चारुप के यह चमत्कारी पार्श्वनाथ जिन्हें चारुप पार्श्वनाथ के नाम से जाना जाता है। प्रभु की मुख मुद्रा दिन में चार बार अलग-अलग रुप में दिखाई देती है। चारुप पाटण से 10 किमी. की दूरी पर है। आने जाने के साधन पाटण से उपलब्ध हो जाते है। यहां यात्रियों की सुविधा हेतु धर्मशाला एवं भोजनशाला की अच्छी व्यवस्था है। यहां की व्यवस्था का संचालन चारुप महातीर्थ ट्रस्ट द्वारा किया जाता है। 02766 277721 99782 45043 Mulnayak: Nearly 120 cms. high, black-coloured idol of Bhagwan Shyamala Parshvanath in the Padmasana posture. There is an umbrella of 7 hoods over the head of the idol. This is one of the oldest idol of any Thirthankara. Tirth: It is in the centre of the Charup village. Historicity: This idol has a very ancient history. 2,222 years after the period of 16th Thirthankara Shri Naminath Bhagwan of the past chouvisi, Ashadi Shravak of Gaud Desh got made three beautiful idols of Thirthankaras and installed them. Lakhs of years went by. One day, when a businessman Dhan of Kantipur was going by sea, his ships stopped moving and became still. Any effort to make them move was futile and he did not know what to do. A divine voice asked him to take the miraculous idols from the depths of the ocean and install them and also told him the history of the idol. The idol of Bhagwan Parshvanath was installed in this temple of Charup under the auspices of Shri Devendrasurisvarji of the Nagendra Gachchha in the ninth century. The idol of Arishtanemi was installed in Patan and the third idol of Sthamban Parshvanath was installed in a temple on the banks of the Sedhi river. This temple fell into disorder after Vikram 18th century and came into the hands of the Non-Jains. In V.S. 1938, the Jain community of Patan took the management of the temple into their hands and renovated the temple. It was renovated again in V.S.1984. There is a reference that a temple of Shri Adinath Bhagwan was built here by Shresthi Sri Devchandra, a resident of Nagore in 13th Vikram century. There is another reference of Shresthi Shri Pethadshah building a temple of Shri Shanthinath Bhagwan here in the Vikram year 1320. Both these temples are not there now. Other Temples: There are no other temples. Works of art and Sculpture: This temple is beautified with huge elephants adorning the entrance of the temple. The idol in it is a matchless model of ancient art. The idol is a specimen of unequalled and unsurpassable ancient sculptural art. It depicts exquisitely the peace and equipoise, serenity and radiance, physical weakness but spiritual strength of a person in austerities and deep meditation.