Bikaner : Pratistha Maha Mahotsav will be held from 23rd to 26th November in the ancient temple of Muni Suvrata Swami in Bikaner Naal village. This temple has an idol of sage Suvrata Swami made of black Kasauti stone, which was brought from Pakistan. To participate in the consecration festival of this temple, Jainacharya Piyush Sagar Maharaj of Jain Shwetambar Khartargachha Sangh will visit the Kothari Bhawan of Dhaddha Chowk and Suganji Maharaj’s Upasra along with the saints and sadhvis on November 21 at around 5 am.
Jain Shwetambar Oswal, President of Shri Khartargachchh Shri Sangh Trust, Ratanlal Nahata told that the restoration work of Shikharband Jinalaya of Lord Muni Suvrat Swami located near Dadabari in Naal was done by Shravak Purakhchand, Dhanraj with the inspiration and cooperation of Gurudev Rakesh Bhai Zaveri, the founder of Shrimadrajchandra Mission of Dharampur Gujarat. , Deepchand Daga, Mumbai migrant resident of Bikaner family of Veermati Devi Daga family. It has been done by Abhay Daga-Sadhana Devi, Aditya and Yuvraj Daga family. Mumbai migrant Bikaner resident Abhay Daga said that Pratishtha Mahotsav will be held in the temple of Tirthankar Lord Munisuvrata Swami from 23rd to 26th November. Pratistha’s special associates are Mumbai and Surat expatriate Bikaner resident Navratan, Pawan Parakh, industrialist Ganesh Bothra and Manoj Sethia. It should be noted that under the guidance of Jainacharya Jin Piyush Sagar, the statue of Moolnayak Parmatma was installed in the Nutan temple on 7 July 2024.
Now along with the Moolanayak statue, five statues of two other Tirthankar Paramatma, Dada Gurudev Jinadat Suri, Devchandraji Maharaj etc. have been installed. Vehicle arrangements will also be made for the Shravak-Shravikas from Bikaner to Malegaon to attend the Pratistha Mahotsav from near Bhandashah Jain Temple from 23rd to 26th November. Manoj Kumar Babumal Haran of Sirohi, a lawyer of prestige, will be abducted. A contact committee has been formed in connection with the event in which Ratan Lal Nahta, Vinod Nahta, Abhay Daga, Pawan Parakh, Manoj Sethia, Manish Nahta have been included. The idol of Mulnayak Munisuvrat is built on the black stone of Kasauti. Daga told that the temple was constructed according to Jain architecture under the supervision of priest Kamlesh Bhai Sompura of Ahmedabad, who has built temples at many places in the country and abroad, including the Gangeshwar Parshvanath temple of Shivbari. According to this, it is made of white marble of Makrana. Marble of quantity one and a half has been used in the temple which is 41 feet high from the ground level.
The three Panch Shakhs, the visible Mangal idols in the parikrama of the Darwan temple, the ancient idols of pilgrims in the main sanctum along with the black stone statue of Muni Suvrata Swami, the original leader of Kasauti, have been installed along with the Parikar. Statues of presiding deities have been installed in front of the sanctum sanctorum. Rang Mandap is of Ashtapela i.e. eight corners. The three reservoirs are pyramid shaped. There are pillars above all three gates and posts have been built outside. The team of Chalwa Ramakant of Dholpur did the work of installing the Makrana stones with the help of local artisans. Temple Pratishtha program will be celebrated from 23rd to 26th November. Jain Shwetambar Oswal, President of Shri Khartargachh Shreesangh Trust, Ratan Lal Nahta said that the auspicious program of Pratishtha Mahotsav will start with Snatra Puja at 6.15 am on Saturday. On this day, there will be Kumbh, lamp installation, Jwara-planting, Vedika and Kshetrapal puja at 8.15 am, Dash Digpal, Asht Mangal puja at 9.30 am, 18 Abhishek at 2.15 pm. On Sunday, Snatra Puja will be held at 7 am, Maha Puja at 9.15 am, Deep, on 25th November, Snatra Puja at quarter to seven, Pratishtha Vidhan at around quarter to eight, Shanti Snatra at quarter to twelve and 26 On November, the gate will be inaugurated at 6.15 am and Sattar Bhedi puja will be organized at 9.45 am. He told that during the festival, every day there will be Navakarsi program at 8:15 in the morning, Swami Vatsalya at 12:15 in the afternoon and Bhakti program at 6:15 in the evening.
