Shankheshwar
Shankheshwar | |
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Shankheshwar Location in Gujarat, India Shankheshwar Shankheshwar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°30′36″N 71°46′09″E / 23.510122°N 71.7692612°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Gujarat |
| District | Patan |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Gujarati, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 384246 |
| Telephone code | 912722 |
| Vehicle registration | GJ |
| Website | gujaratindia |
Shankheshwar is a town in the Patan district of Gujarat state of India. It is an important place of pilgrimage for the followers of Jainism.
History
Jain Acharya Merutunga called it Shankhpur in his works. A temple is described as being built here in 1155.[1] A Paliya in the north of village had date of Samvat 1322 (1265 AD). The temple of Parshwanath was built in 1811. There are ruins of old Jain temple in the town which is dated Samvat 1652 (1596 AD). There is a Chhatra and a memorial inscription dedicated to Shripujya, a high priest near it.[2]
According to Mughal history, the Shankheshwar village was a lease-grant by Emperor Shah Jahan to Shantidas Jhaveri, a former nagarsheth (equivalent to mayor) of Ahmedabad.[3]
References
- ^ "Shri Shankheshvar Tirth". Jai Jinendra. Archived from the original on 8 January 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
- ^ James Burgess (1876). Report on the Antiquities of Kutch & Kathiawar: Being the Result of the Second Season's Operations of the Archaeological Survey of Western India, 1874-1875. London: India Museum. p. 217. Retrieved 27 August 2016. Alt URL Archived 29 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Gujarat (India) (1975). Gazetteers: Mehsana. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications. p. 828.