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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.

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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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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.

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