Shankheshwar

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Town in Gujarat, India

Shankheshwar
town
Shankeshwarji Jain Temple Shankeshwarji Jain Temple
Shankheshwar is located in Gujarat Shankheshwar Shankheshwar Location in Gujarat, India Show map of Gujarat Shankheshwar is located in India Shankheshwar Shankheshwar Shankheshwar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°30′36′′N 71°46′09′′E / 23.510122°N 71.7692612°E / 23.510122; 71.7692612
Country	India
State	Gujarat
District	Patan
Languages
• Official	Gujarati, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	384246
Telephone code	912722
Vehicle registration	GJ
Website	gujaratindia.com

Shankheshwar is a town in the Patan district of Gujarat state of India. It is an important place of pilgrimage for the followers of Jainism.

History

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Jain Acharya Merutunga called it Shankhpur in his works. A Paliya in the north of village had date of Samvat 1322 (1265 AD). The temple of Parshwanath was built in 1811. There are ruins of old Jain temple in the town which is dated Samvat 1652 (1596 AD). There is a Chhatra and a memorial inscription dedicated to Shripujya, a high priest near it.^[1]

According to Mughal history, the Shankheshwar village was a lease-grant by Emperor Shah Jahan to Shantidas Jhaveri, a former nagarsheth (equivalent to mayor) of Ahmedabad.^[2]