Shri Bhoyani Tirth
Mulnayak
Nearly 104 cm. high white-colored idol of Bhagawan Mallinath in the Padmasana posture.
Tirth
It is near the village of Bhoyani.
Historicity
This place was once famous as ‘Padmavatinagar’. The remains found here from fields and lakes, show that this was a very ancient place and there were many Jain temples. While a well was being dug in the field, this idol was found in the year 1930 of the Vikram era. It was formally installed in the newly set up beautiful and splendid temple on the tenth day of the bright half of the month of Magh in the year 1943 of the Vikram era. This idol in a womanly form.
Other Temples
Besides, an Acharya Maharaj has set up the Padmavati complex.
Works of art and Sculpture
There are seven sanctuaries in this vast and splendid temple, Nowhere else, there is such an ancient idol of Bhagawan Mallinath(in womanly form) . Other idols and remains found from the ground are also artistic and delightful.
Guidelines
At a distance of half a kilometer from the temple, the railway station Bhoyani is at a distance of 8 kilometers from Kadi on the Kalol-Bahucharaji railway line. Bus service and private vehicles are available here. There are good boarding and lodging provisions. There are also new blocks.
Trust
Shri Mallinath Maharaj Karkhana Pedhi, Bhoyani, Taluka : Viramgam, Gujarat State, India.