Dharmanātha
Sign in to saveDharmanatha was the fifteenth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Dharmanath was born to King Bhanu Raja and Queen Suvrata Rani at Ratnapuri in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the third day of the Magh Sukla month of the Indian calendar.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Jain
- Deity.deity_of
- 15th Jain Tirthankara
- Deity.image
- Dharmanath.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Lord Dharmanatha at Gruh jinalay, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Deity.venerated_in
- Jainism
- Deity.symbol
- Vajra
- Deity.color
- Golden
- Deity.father
- Bhānu
- Deity.mother
- Suvratā
- Deity.height
- 45 bows (135 meters)
- Deity.age
- 2,500,000 years
- Deity.predecessor
- Anantanatha
- Deity.successor
- Shantinatha
- Deity.birth_place
- Ratnapuri
- Deity.moksha_place
- Sammed Shikhar
- Deity.dynasty
- Ikṣvākuvaṁśa
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- Image
- Jain statues in Anwa, Rajasthan 29.jpg
- Height
- 135
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Dharmanatha was the fifteenth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Dharmanath was born to King Bhanu Raja and Queen Suvrata Rani at Ratnapuri in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the third day of the Magh Sukla month of the Indian calendar.
Hutheesing Jain Temple, located at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, constructed in 1848 AD, is dedicated to him.