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Name	Mahavir Swami (Mulnayak)
Lanchhan Mark	The Lion
Floor	Second Floor Temple
Placement	Main Gabhara - center
Height	21 ”
Material	White marble
Place of Making	Original Idol from our Temple
Significance	24th Tirthankar – Last Tirthankar of present Chovishi
Special Notes	• Parikar • Anjanshalaka performed at Surat, India on May 2, 2004.

Name	Neminath
Lanchhan Mark	The Conch Shell
Floor	Second Floor Temple
Placement	Right of Mulnayak
Height	25 ”
Material	White marble
Place of Making	Jaipur, India
Significance	22nd Tirthankar
Special Notes	• Bha Mandal. • Anjanshalaka performed at Surat, India on May 2, 2004.

Name	Sambhavnath
Lanchhan Mark	The Horse
Floor	Second Floor Temple
Placement	Left of Mulnayak
Height	25 ”
Material	White marble
Place of Making	Jaipur, India
Significance	3rd Tirthankar
Special Notes	• Bha Mandal • Anjanshalaka performed at Surat, India on May 2, 2004 • This was selected astrologically to: Name: Jain Center & Place: New York City

Name	Parshwanath
Lanchhan Mark	The Snake
Floor	Second Floor Temple
Placement	Back Gabhara, Right of Mulnayak
Height	31 ”
Material	Bhaislana Black Marble
Place of Making	Jaipur, India
Significance	23rd Tirthankar
Special Notes	• Ht: 36” with fana. • Idol design is similar to Uvsaggharam Tirth.

Name	Shantinath
Lanchhan Mark	The Deer
Floor	Second Floor Temple
Placement	Back Gabhara, Left of Mulnayak
Height	31 ”
Material	Panch Dhatu (Metal)
Place of Making	Indore, India
Significance	16th Tirthankar
Special Notes	• Bha Mandal • Casting was done under guidance of Acharya Shri Hem Ratna Suriji. • Total wt: 750 kg; Statue wt: 350 kg. • Bha Mandal wt: 150 kg; base wt: 250 Kg.

Name	Adinath Chomukhi
Lanchhan Mark	The Bull
Floor	Second Floor Temple
Placement	Bhamati Area - sitting on lotus flower on pedestal with a tree on the top
Height	Total 6’-9” - statue Ht: 15”
Material	Yellow Jaisalmer stone
Place of Making	Ahmedabad, India
Significance	1st Tirthankar of present Chovishi
Special Notes	• Four Pratimas, one in each of the four directions • Carved from one piece of stone. • Can view from Ithaca Street

DEV DEVI GOKHALAS

On second floor temple east & west walls has 10 Dev Devi idols. All are made out of white marble at Ahmedabad. 18 Abhishek were done at Surat on 2nd May 2005. Further details on each idol are as follows:

Name	Bhomiyaji
Floor	First Floor
Placement	Gokhala at rear entry vestibule
Height	17 ”
Material	White Marble
Place of Making	Ahmedabad, India
Significance	Caretaker of the temple
Special Notes	• He is the natural positive energy at the mountain Sametshikhar. • Also Two Elephant and Dwarpal artistically carved on marble panel will welcome all

1) Gautam Swami – Ht: 17”
Disciple of Mahavir Swami
Adi Guru Gautam - beginning of Gandharvad.
He went on Ashtapad in search for salvation. He gained Keval
Gyan (Absolute enlightenment) following Nirvana of Mahavir
Swami on the auspicious day of Diwali.

3) Padmavati Devi – Ht: 17”
She is the Yakshini- divine guardian of Parshwanath.
She protects her worshippers. She is the most popular deity among all Jains.

5) Laxmi Devi – Ht: 17”
She is the Goddess of wealth. In Kalpasutra, she is a subject of
fourth dream of Mata Trishala Devi.
She is worshipped particularly at Diwali.

7) Saraswati Devi – Ht: 17”
She is the Goddess of knowledge and learning and a symbol of
Agamas. She is worshipped on the day of Shruta Panchami.

9) Chakreshwari Devi – Ht: 13”, placed in Bhamati Area.
She is a divine guardian of 1st Tirthankar Adinath. She is also
known as Shashan Devi. She gives spiritual help to Jain devotees

2) Simandhar Swami – Ht: 17”
He is presently alive (Jiwant Kevli) and one of the twenty
Tirthankar in Mahavideh Kshetra.

4) Manibhadraveer – Ht: 17”
He is a Yaksha. It is an image of a six-armed Yaksha with an elephant as his vehicle, which travels along the spiritual path
leading to illumination and thereafter salvation. Savior Dev of Jain devotees.

6) Nakoda Bhairava – Ht: 17”
This is the tutelary deity of Bhairava. It is usually found near the
entrance of the temple. It is the positive force around the temple.

8) Ghantakarna Mahavir – Ht: 17”
He is 13th of 52 Vir (Heros). He is celestial being and protects
the faithful Jains. This deity is worshipped for protection and
driving away the evil influence created by lower types of negative energy.

10) Goumukhi Yaksha – Ht: 13”– Placed in Bhamati area
He is divine guardian to Adinath - 1st Tirthankar.

Navkar Mantra will be placed on the East Wall (Navkar Niche) in the Upashraya on the Second Floor. Size will be 4’ x 6’. It will be carved in crystal stone with colored gem stone inlay. We are trying to do each line in original color. It is being carved in Jaipur & will be installed in June 2006.

Name	Adinath (Mulnayak)
Lanchhan Mark	The Bull
Floor	Third Floor Temple
Placement	Gabhara in the Center
Height	31 ”
Material	White Marble
Place of Making	Jaipur, India
Significance	1st Tirthankar
Special Notes	• Bha Mandal • Pran Pratishtha performed at Agra, India on February 9th, 2004
Mantra	Om Hrim Sri Adinath Jinendraya Namah

Name	Padma Prabhu
Lanchhan Mark	The Lotus
Floor	Third Floor Temple
Placement	Right side of Adinath
Height	25 ”
Material	White Marble
Place of Making	Jaipur, India
Significance	6th Tirthankar
Special Notes	• Pran Pratishtha performed at Agra, India on February 9th, 2004
Mantra	Om Hrim Sri Padhma Prabhu Jinendraya Namah

Name	Chandra Prabhu
Lanchhan Mark	The Moon
Floor	Third Floor Temple
Placement	Left side of Adinath
Height	25 ”
Material	White Marble
Place of Making	Jaipur, India
Significance	8th Tirthankar
Special Notes	• Pran Pratishtha performed at Agra, India on February 9th, 2004
Mantra	Om Hrim Sri Chandra Prabhu Jinendraya Namah

Name	Parshwanath
Lanchhan Mark	The Snake
Floor	Third Floor Temple
Placement	Back Gabhara, Right side of Adinath
Height	51 ”
Material	Black marble from Bhaislana
Place of Making	Jaipur
Significance	23rd Tirthankar
Special Notes	• Standing Idol • Pran Pratishtha performed at Agra, India on February 9th, 2004 • Bhigna Haran, Upsarga Vijeta, Chintamani Parshwanath
Mantra	Om Hrim Sri Parshwanath Jinendraya Namah

Name	Bahubali
Floor	Third Floor Temple
Placement	Back Gabhara,Left side of Adinath
Height	51 ”
Material	Pink marble from Udaipur
Place of Making	Jaipur
Significance	Bearer of utmost penance “Akritim Sadhak”
Special Notes	• Standing Idol • Pran Pratishtha performed at Agra, India on February 9th, 2004
Mantra	Om Hrim Sri Bahubali Swami Namah

Mahavir Swami

Shrimad Rajchandra
Charan

Charan

Name	Shrimad Rajchandra – Chitrapat
Floor	Third Floor Shrimad Hall – Dhyan – Mandir
Placement	Special marble structure
Height	60” x 30”
Material	Painting
Place of Making	AGASH
Special Notes	• Charan (Paduka) – size 7” • Om & Mahavir Swami Idol at the top
Mantra	Om Hrim Sri Bahubali Swami Namah

Mantra

Name	Jin Kushal Suri
Floor	Fourth Floor
Placement	Dadawadi
Height	15 ”
Material	White Marble
Place of Making	Jaipur, India
Special Notes	• Charan – size 7”

Ashtapad Maha Tirth

This will be located on fourth floor in the Dadawadi Area. The mountain will be made of natural Crystal Stone and Idols will be carved out of various Gemstones at Jaipur. This will be installed inplace in May 2007. (For further details see other articles in the Souvenir.)

SECOND FLOOR – PAT– ART WORK
MARBLE PAT 6		W”x H”

PAT # 2	Delvada	62"x42"
PAT # 3	Girnar	40"x42"
PAT # 4	Shatrunjaya	52"x42"
PAT # 10	Sametshikhar	52"x42"
PAT # 11	Pava puri	50"x42"
PAT # 12	Ranakpur	62"x42"



SILVER PAT

PAT # 5	Champapuri	68"x30"
PAT # 9	Shankheshwar	68”x30”



ARTWORK – PAINTINGS

1. Nem Rajul Procession –		100"x40"

2. Panch Kalyanak (5) paintings

A. Chhyavan		50"x32"
B. Janma		50"x32"
C. Diksha		50"x32"
D. Keval Gyan		50"x32"
E. Nirvana		50"x32"

3. Shri Mahavir Swami		27"x42"
(7) painting

A. Indra – 5 – Roop
B. Bal Kreeda
C. Family
D. Brahmin Vastra
E. Chandkoshiyo Nag
F. Chandan Bala
G. Tirth Sthapna Samovsaran

4. Jain Artworks –
(8) painting
Abstract design
(Size for 6 pcs.)		28"x28"
( Size for 2 pcs)		28"x28"

5. Vis – Sthanak		52”x42”

6. Siddhi Chakra		52”x42”

THIRD FLOOR PAT– ART WORK
1.	Temple Walls	Either Marble or
	PAT area	Painting

	12 Bhawna


2.	Bhamati PAT area	Either Marble or Painting

	4 Bhawna
	A. Maitri
	A. Pramod
	B. Karuna
	C. Madhyasth


3.	Flat Gokhalas	Painting 4
		14”x24”x1”
	A. Om
	B. Rim
	C. Shrim
	D. Arhum


4.	Temple Main Gokhalas	Marble
		19”x24”x7”
	A. Nav Devta
	B. Panch Parmeshthi
	C. Panch Meru
	D. Jeen Vani / Shruti Skandh
	E. Kesar/ Gandodhak


5.	4. Hallway Temple Wall	4 Temple Photographs

	A. Bawan Gaja
	B. Mangi Tungi
	C. Kundal Pur
	D. Mahavirji


6.	5. Lobby –Both walls	Painting 6 to 8
	(Temple wall/ stair wall)

	A. Jamboo Dweep/ Teenlok
	B. Sansar Chakra
	C. Shat Leshya
	D. Sansar Darshan
	E. Gati 4

ARTWORK – INTERIOR DECORATION – THEMES
FLOOR	PLACE	ART WORK	THEMES
CELLAR	HALL	ART GALLERY	ANEKANTVAD ACADEMICS COSMOLOGY ECOLOGY GEOGRAPHY HISTORY LITERATURE PHILOSOPHY SCINECE OTHERS ( STAIR WALLS)
1st FLOOR	BACK VESTIBULE RESERVED AREA	ELEPHANT & DWARPAL JAIN CHINHA
2nd FLOOR	LECTURE HALL UPASHRAYA LOBBY A LOBBY A	NAVKAR MANTRA TIRTH DARSHAN PILGRIMAGE AHIMSA, JEEVDAYA NON-VOILENCE
3rd FLOOR	HALLWAY LOBBY A LOBBY B	TEMPLE PHOTOGRAPHS GYAN DARSHAN SHRIMAD RAJCHANDRA JAMBOO DWEEP/TEENLOK SANSAR CHAKRA SHAT LESHYA SANSAR DARSHAN GATI 4 CHARITRA – TAP
4th FLOOR	DINING HALL LOBBY A	VEGETARIANISM RESPECT TO SADHU & SADHVI SAKAL SANGH FORGIVENESS