Shri Shantinath Bhagwan Shwetamber Jain Tirth, Kothara, District - Kachchh (Gujarat)

Shwetamber Jain Tirth in Kothara, Kachchh The Shantinath Jain temple is located in Kothara of Kutch district, Gujarat, India. The Jain temple dedicated to Shantinath, the 16th Tirthankara. The temple was constructed in on the 13th day of Magha month in 1861, (V.S. 1918). The temple was built at a cost of £40,000 which was considered the costliest temple in kutch during that time. For construction of temple one-half was given by Shah Velji Malu and the other in equal shares by Shah Keshavji Nayak , Shivji Nensi and Osval Vanias of Kothara. It was styled after the Jain temple in Ahmedabad, built by Kutch workmen under the superintendence of Salat Nathu of Sabhrai. The Shantinath statue was formally installed by Acharya Ratnasagarsuri of Achal Gaccha. This temple is also named ‘Kalyan Tunk’ after the writer of the poem ‘Keshavji Nayak’ on the Palitana temples, who was a native of this place. This chief temple is compared to the Meruprabha temple. Mistris of Kutch are considered main architects of these centuries old beautiful Jain temples