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Shri
Pabhosa Tirth
Mulnayak
| Tirth | Historicity
| Other Temples | Works
of art and Sculpture | Guidelines
| Trust | Photo Gallery
Mulnayak:
Nearly 75 cms.
high, almond - colored idol of Bhagawan Parsahvnath in the Padmasana
posture.
Tirth:
It is on a hill in the Pabhosa Village on the bank of the Yamuna river.
Historicity:
This idol is believed to belong to the times preceding a hundred years of
A.D., According to the Digambar belief, this is the holy land of diksa and
attainment of omniscience of Padmaprbh Swami, the Sixth Tirthankara. This
firth was a garden of the Kaushambi City. According to the indication in a
dream of the pujari, this idol was installed as Mulnayak in the temple.
This Pabhosa tirth is regarded to be extremely holy. This is also regarded
as an ‘Atishay Kshetra’. The color of the idol goes on changing from
morning to evening. Sometimes at night, saffron drops come showering. A
fair is held here on the fifteenth day of the bright half of the month of
Chaitra every year.
Other
Temples:
Recently, a new temple with three pinnacles is set up.
Works
of art and Sculpture:
The idols of Bhagawan Padmaprabha is believed to belong to the times of
the Kings of the Mit dynasty, more than a hundred years older than the
Christian era. Words fail to describe the artistic beauty of the idol.
Since part of the hill has fallen down, the temple is damaged but the idol
is unbroken. While digging around here, ancient idols etc. are found and
they prove the antiquity of the place.
Guidelines:
The nearest railway station of Allahabad is at a distance of 5 kilometers.
There is 10 Kilometers long road to Kaushmabi, which goes across the river
Yamuna. There are 175 steps to climb this small hill. Bus and private
vehicles are available. Boarding and lodging provisions are adequate.
Trust:
Shri Pabhosa Jain Tirth Kshetra, Gam : Pabhosa, Dist. : Allhabad. State :
Uttar Pradesh, India.
Shri Padm Prabhuji
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