Shri 1008 Vighnahar Parshwanath Digambar Jain Mandir,Atishaya Kshetra, Mahuva

The place was earlier know as Madhupuri. A inscription in wood mentions that the temple is more than 1000 years old. It also says that Mahuva once upon a time had 'Bhattarak' seat and was maintained by Digambar Jains. This place is on the banks of river Poornima and inside the heart of the village. A huge Jain population lived here once upon a time. Atishay: The Parshwanath idol was found in a farm in village Sultanabad, District Pashchim. Maharashtra. For some time the idol was worshiped in the farm but later on it was decided to shift the idol to a safe and suitable place. A Chariot was arranged. Once aboard neither the chariot could be stopped nor the idol could be brought down from the chariot. At last, the chariot stopped before Bhagvan Chandra Prabhu Digamber Jain Mandir of Mahuva and hear the idol was easily brought down of chariot. Then a Panch Kalyanak Pratishtha Mahotsava was organized, and thus reverenced idol was established in the central room of temple. Bhagvan Chandra Prabhu’s idol was placed in the right side and Bhagvan Shantinath’s in left side of this miraculous idol of Bhagvan Parshv Nath. Evidence from scriptures: Shri Brahm Gyan Sagar writes that various digambar Jain Munis and Digambar Jains Sharavaks often come here for pilgrimage. Bhattarak Vadi Chandra, the scholar of Bhattarak Prabha Chandra wrote a play here in 1592 called ‘Gyan-Suryodaya Natak’, Shri Brahm-Harsh a scholar of Shri Lakshmisen also described Shri Parshv Nath of Mahuva.