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ATIPRACHIN MANOROTHPURN 1008 SRIMUNISUWART NATH ATISHYA Chhetra is the one of the oldest Jain Mandir in Jaipur District, located in village Hasteda, also known as Prabhusar, 20 kms away from Chomu.
HASTEDA VILLAGE
Hasteda Village, with population of 4489 is Chomu sub district's the 21st most populous village, located in Chomu sub district of Jaipur district in the state Rajasthan in India. Total geographical area of Hasteda village is 12 km2 and it is the 12th biggest village by area in the sub district. Population density of the village is 366 persons per km2. Nearest town of the village is Chomu and distance from Hasteda village to Chomu is 24 km. The village has its own post office and the pin code of Hasteda village is 303712. Chomu is the sub district head quarter and the distance from the village is 24 km. District head quarter of the village is Jaipur which is 57 km away. 4.06 square kilometer (33%) of the total village's area is covered by forest.
DEMOGRAPHICS
The village is home to 4489 people, among them 2304 (51%) are male and 2185 (49%) are female. 66% of the whole population are from general caste, 26% are from schedule caste and 8% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Hasteda village is 15%, among them 52% are boys and 48% are girls. There are 757 households in the village and an average 6 persons live in every family.
BACKGROUND OF TEMPLE
The temple was known to only select few Jain followers until April 2018. There were over 100 Jain families till 1950 but over a period of time most of the families migrated to elsewhere in other part of India and the temple was not maintained which led to the temple in extremely precarious & pathetic condition.
JOURNEY OF RESTORATION OF TEMPLE
Prabhusar Foundation identified the ancient tenets of the temple and soon began to trace its linage and its significance. The research unveiled extremely startling facts about the temple and various idols at the temple. Which clearly make this temple one of the largest collection of most ancient Jain idols at one place in India. The effort of Prabhsuar Foundation where took a major leap with the voluntary association of various experts from the field of Vastu, Archaeology. The news of its ancientness soon spread like wild fire among all migrants from the village, settled elsewhere in the country and began flocking to the temple for Darshan. Migrants were so overwhelmed with the restoration (Jirnodhar) that some donated their residential building, gold, cash, etc. for this holy cause.
FACTS
In this journey of restoration, it was found that the pratima (idol) of SRIMUNISUWART NATH, 20th Jain tirthankar is dated back to vikram samwat 1209 (1152 AD) and the breath of life (pratishtha) was solemnized by Acharya Sriyut Swamy Ji Mahraj, in the presence of his 13 followers sadhus. It is to be noted that, prior to this, there is no proven evidence of the presence of a Digambar Jain Acharya prior to Mughal period that too for solemnizing the breath of life (pratishtha) to the idol and the same is duly engraved in the idol of SriMuniSuwart Nath. There are 15 other Jain idols, which all stated to be older than 350 years old. During the course of restoration work, two shilalekh were traced and being cleaned interpreted by team of archaeologist. Efforts are being made to preserve this rare engraved scripture. As per the initial readings of Shilalekh, the evidence of one of the Jirnodhar traced to 1704 AD. Moolnayak SriMuniSuwart Nath
The Moolnayak Idol, is stated to be the 2nd ancient most idol. As per Jain’s beliefs Lord SriMunisuwart nath is the influencer of Saturn planet and it is believed that anyone suffering from curse of planet Saturn or anyone wishes to enhance the power of Saturn as per his zodiac chart, gets relief by visiting the temple and chanting mantra as prescribed in Jain scriptures (jinvani)
LEGEND
When the trustees of Prabhusar Foundation reached to the temple for the first time a very old man appeared and said that the people in the town in ancient times used to chant “Deen Ke Dayal Ji Kar Do Nihal Ji”. This old man never appeared nor seen subsequently by anybody. The second legend is prior to restoration work there were thousands of bats were hovering above the Mool Bedi. All the bats were instantly disappeared itself after the vow (sanklap) of restoration pledged by several jain believers on 10th April 2018.
MUST VISIT
Once in a Life time must visit this Ati Prachin Jain Mandir located at Chomu Rajasthan .