Shri Digambar Jain Choubsi Bada Mandir, Chanderi

Chanderi was a celebrated town of Madhya Pradesh from the 11th century. Here Choubeesee (twenty four) Bara Jain Temple is very artistic and unique example of architecture. Front part of this temple is called Bara Mandir & back part is called Choubeesee Temple. Bara Jain Temple is older according to an inscription on a pillar written in Vikram Samvat 1350. Many beautiful idols of between 13th to 18th century. There are many other Jain temples in Chanderi at a distance of 1 km from city. The Choubeesee (twenty four) Jain Temple is built in back of old Bara Mandir, this has 24 temples of 24 Teerthankars. These idols are made by the stones of actual colors as the Teerthankar’s color. In this way this is the only unique Choubeesee Mandir in India. In this temple, idols of Lord Chandraprabhu and Pushpdant are white, Padmaprabhu and Vasupoojya are reddish, Suparsvanath and Parsvanath are green in colors. Lord Munisuvrit and Neminath are in black colors and remaining 16 idols are in golden or yellowish. All idols are same in dimensions, which is very difficult feat to achieve.