Shri 108 Navpallav Parshvnath Shwetamber Jain Derasar, Gaffar Belim, Mangrol,Junagadh,Gujarat

Floor is made of marble with inlay work. True temple is beautiful and older than 1000 years.

108 Navpallav Parshwnath Jain Tirth. Little inside the city. There are 3 temples inside the main temple.
There is also Palitan ji and Shilhar Ji and Girnar pad inside the Temple. Very nice. It has facility for bath and pooja.

This temple is believed to be more than 800 years old built by Kumar pal Maharaja, the pratimaji of NavaPallav Parshwanath is almost 2300 hundred years old.

The temple is situated in the market in narrow lane. There is a upashray.

Mulnayak:

Nearly 83 cms. high white – coloured idol of Bhagwan Navpallav Parshvanath in the Padmasana posture.

Tirth: It is in Kampani Faliya in Mangrole city of Junagadh district.

Historicity:

Mangrole, previously known as Mangalpur, is an ancient port city of Saurashtra. In ancient times, there were many Jain temples here as there was a large population of Jains residing here. This temple of Navpallav Parshvanath is very influential. It is believed that this temple was built by Maharaja Kumarpal. The idol of Navpallav Parshvanath was installed here in V.S.1263. By the advice of Acharya Shri VijayDharma Ghosh Surishvarji, Minister Pethadshah built 84 Jain Temples in different places and one such place is Mangrole. He built a gorgeous temple here also. There is a story behind the name Navpallav which is written by Shri Samaysundar Upadhyay in “Shri Navpallavbhaas”. Previously, this idol of Navpallav Parshvanath was in a temple in Vallabhipur. When Vallabhipur was destroyed, these ancient idols from there were taken to Prabhas Patan, Bhinmaal etc. This idol of Navpallav Parshvanath was brought to Mangrole. On the way to Mangrole, 2 fingers of the idol were broken. In an instant, a miracle happened. The fingers joined immediately (became Navpallavit). Hence, this idol came to be known as Navpallav Parshvanath. This idol of Navpallav Parshvanath is believed to be of the period of King Samprati. This idol is also known as “Mangalpura Parshvanath” after the city of Mangrole.

Other Temples:

There are 2 other temples here. The visit to the temple of Shri Suparshvanath Bhagwan is a must.

Scripture:

A mention of Navpallav Parshvanath is made in “Tirthmala”, “Sashvat Tirthmala”, “Shri Som Soubhagya Kavya”, “365 Shri Parshvanath Naammala”, “Shri Sankheswar Parshvanath Chaand”, “Shri Bhateva Parshvanath Stavan”, “Shri Godi Parshvanath Stavan”, “Shri Parshvanath Sankhya Stavan”, in “Navpallav Parshvanath Stavan” etc.