Hasteda Jain Mandir
| Hasteda Jain Mandir | |
|---|---|
Hasteda Jain Mandir | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Jainism |
| Location | |
| Location | Jaipur |
| State | Rajasthan |
| Country | India |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 9th Feb 2019 |
| Website | |
| Prabhusar Official Website | |
Hasteda is a small village situated at Chomu Tehsil in Jaipur District in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is around 25 km from its nearest town, Chomu.
Geography
Hasteda Village, located near Chomu, belongs to Jaipur Division. It is around 14 km from Govindgarh and 54 km from North district headquarters Jaipur. It has an elevation of 462 meters (1516 feet). There is a famous Jain Mandir, popularly known as Hasteda Jain Mandir, dedicated to Shri Munisuvrat Nath[1]. The temple was not known to many people before 2018.
Demographics
The population of the village is around 5000 people and its total area is around 3000 acres, approx. 12 kilometers. The village has around 800 houses in which various different communities are staying. Hasteda regional language is Hindi and its literacy rate is 70%. Approximately, the literacy rate of females is 57% and 85% of males are literate. The village has a number of good and reputed schools and colleges. In the last few years the number of people staying in the village have shifted to other places and due to such migration the population of the village has declined by 20%.
HASTEDA JAIN MANDIR
ATIPRACHIN MANOROTHPURN 1008 SRIMUNISUWART NATH ATISHYA Kshetra is in Hasteda village[2]. The last jirnodhar of Hasteda Jain Mandir was done long back in the year 1803 and it is considered to be one of the oldest temples in India.
There are about 21 statues (pratima) in the temple, and each stated to be over 500 years old.
Mulnayak pratima of 1008 SHRI MUNISUWART NATH is considered to be of Guptkalin and over 800 years old. The most unique part is in the THUMBS of pratima and considered to be the fewest surviving pratimas in the world.
There are several anecdotes of faith and belief about the temples and mulnayak pratima. Hasteda prawasi and the entire Jain community along with a few migrants decided for the Jirnodhar (restoration) of the temple in the year 2019. The temple is registered under the name of “Shri Digambar Jain Mandir Hasteda[3]”
INSPIRATION
A few migrants along with some Jain families of the village were contributing regularly for the renovation of the temples since the last 15 years and have made other devotees aware of their responsibility towards the temple restoration.
About 25 years ago, their role and spirit towards this temple's altar reputation also remained remarkable and from that time onwards, their spirit was constantly associated with this temple!
RESTORATION OF TEMPLE
The restoration of the temples was planned in a few stages. In the first few stages, the complete repair and cleaning of the temples was planned along with the changes in the construction which was done with the guidance of vastu shastr and all other modern facilities were installed in the temple. In today’s time, the live darshan of the mandir can be done at their social media platforms.
While renovating, it was discovered that the pratima (statue) of the 20th Jain Tirthankara SHRI MUNISUVARTNATH is the oldest statue and it is said that it was established by Acharya Shriyut Swami Ji Maharaj in the presence of his 13 disciples dated back to vikram samwat 1209. There are 15 other Jain idols present in the temple, which are said to be more than 350 years old.
During the cleaning of the temple, two inscriptions were unearthed in a wall which has been preserved with the inscription.
When the importance of the temple's antiquity and principles were discovered and through research it was found out about the different statues located in the temple, it revealed a lot of surprising facts which says that this Jain temple is having the oldest statues of Jain’s God and it has a collection of such statues which is not present in any other Jain temple in the country of India.
The news of the antiquity of this temple soon came into the knowledge among all the migrants of the village, those who were settled elsewhere in the country. When they came to know about the temple, they didn’t wait to see it.
The migrants were so happy and satisfied with the restoration (Jirnodhar) that some people donated their residential buildings, gold, cash etc. to the temple.
SANT NIWAS
The Haveli, situated opposite to ATIPRACHIN MANOROTHPURN 1008 SHRI MUNISUWRAT NATH ATISHYA KSHETRA, is being remodeled and revamped to provide ultra-modern facilities and amenities to cater to the requirement and provide a comfortable stay for travellers and also for sadhus.
This property consists of 5 rooms beside front and back lawn with an outhouse, most appropriate to host chaturmas, satsang. The building is known as SANT NIWAS[4], HASTEDA.
UNUSUAL FACT:
Once, as a migrant was visiting the village, a very old man appeared to him while passing through the temple and he told the expatriate that a long time ago the people of the village used to chant "Deen ke Dayal ji kar do nihal ji". Having said this, the old man disappeared and was never seen again, neither did anyone have an idea about that old man nor was he seen in the village later. While the construction work of the temple was going on, there were thousands of bats which were hovering over the Mool Bedi. But when a few Jain believers took a pledge (sankalp) to renovate the temple, all the bats disappeared.
REFERENCE
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