Shri Chandraprabh Swami Jain Derasar, Prabhas Patan, Veraval,Gir Somnath,Gujarat

Very peaceful jain temple. It has good hand made articles and designs. It has very old idols of gods.it is very neat and clean. Here you can get food also.

This is one of the heritage jain temple. Really peaceful place with no other disturbances. It is having rich history.

This temple is situated in the village called Chandra Prabhas Patan which is a birth place of the Moon according to Hindu mythology. It’s also a Heritage & archilogical site. If you’re a Jain then it’s a must visit temple for you.

Mulnayak: Shri Chandraprabhu Swami is the Mulnayak Bhagwan here. Nearly 98 cms. high alluring Parrikar – yukt, black – coloured idol of Bhagwan Dokadiya Parshvanath in the Padmasana posture. The idol is beside the idol of Shri Chandraprabhu Swami. There is an umbrella of 9
fascinating hoods over the head of the idol.

Tirth: It is in Prabhas Patan town close to the sea – shore.

Historicity: This is a very ancient and famous town. In medieval times, this town was known as Devpatan, Somnathpatan and Chandraprabhas Patan. It is said that this city was established by Bharat Chakravarthy and this temple was built when he learnt that a Samosaran of the future 8th Tirthankara Shri Chandraprabhu Bhagwan will be set up here. In the 13th century, Shri Kumarpal Maharaja built the temple of Ashtapadji here. When Vallabhipur was destroyed in V.S.845, the idol of Bhagwan Chandraprabhu Swami was brought from Vallabhipur and installed here. There were
many temples here which were destroyed during the Muslim invasion. Many temples were converted into Mosques. The idol of Dokadiya Parshvanath, which is very impressive and miraculous, is beside the idol of Chandraprabhu Swami. There is a story behind the name Dokadiya Parshvanath. A Shravak, who was the first person to do Pooja of Dokadiya Parshvanath daily, used to find a “Dokada” (currency of that period) in the palms of Bhagwan daily. This incident continued for many days. One day he told about this incident to another person. The next day, the dokada was there but it got stuck in the palm of Bhagwan and even today we can see the coin in the palms of Bhagwan. Hence, this Parshvanath came to be known as “Dokadiya Parshvanath”. This Parshvanath is also known as “Dada Parshvanath”. The devotees have great faith in this miraculous and influential idol of Dokadiya Parshvanath. In the basement of this temple, there is a temple of 45 Agams (the main scriptures of Jainism). All the Agams are beautifully written on copper plates.

Other Temples:

There are 7 temples close by to this temple. There is also 1 temple in the town.