Godiji Parshwanath (Hindi: श्री गोडीजी पार्श्वनाथ) is the name given to several images of the Tirthankara Parshvanantha in India, and to the temple where it is the main deity (mulanayaka).
Other Godiji temple is located in small village named Kosana in the Jodhpur District Rajasthan donated by the Nagarseth Sri Hastimal Ji Nahar.
[5] A stamp commemorating this celebration was released by Milind Deora, the then Minister of State for Communications and IT, on 17 April 2012.
[8] According to Muni Darshanvijaya,[9] it was installed by Seth Godidas of Jhinjhuvad and was consecrated by Acharya Hemachandra at Patan in Samvat 1228.
According to the old texts, a merchant Megha Sa from Nagarparkar acquired the image by paying 125 dramma or 500 pieces (taka) and brought to Nagarparkar, where it was formally reconsecreted by Acharya Merutunga Suri of Anchala Gachchha.
Later, according to instructions he received in a dream, he settled a new town at Godipur and constructed a temple in samvat 1444, thus establishing the Godi Parshvanth Tirth.
[11] In AD 1832, the chief Soda Poonjajee, who was the only person who knew the location of the image, was captured by the ex-Ameers and died in captivity.
The main structure (mula prasad) with a shikhara is surrounded by 52 subsidiary shrines (devakulikas), just like the Vimala Vasahi at Mt.
It is termed Dvi-Saptati or Bavan Jinalaya by Nandalal Chunilal Somapura in the Sanskrit text Jina Prasad-Martanda.
[17] According to traditional accounts, compiled in early 20th century by Yati Ramlal Gani,[18] the members of the Gothi clan of Oswals are the descendants of Megha Sa.