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Dadawadi, Mehsana 
Jain temple campus in Mehsana, Gujarat, India
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LocationMehsana, Mehsana Taluka, Mehsana district, Gujarat, India
Map23° 35′ 53.25″ N, 72° 23′ 27.31″ E
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Dadawadi is a Jain temple in Panch Limbdi neighborhood of Mehsana, Gujarat, India. Following death of Jain monk Ravisagar, he was cremated at this place. The original east-facing temple hall contained a central marble shrine called 'Guru Mandir'. The central memorial shrine was built by Jain Sangh in Vikram Samvat 1956 which had marble footprints of Jain Tirthankara Adinatha and Ravisagar installed by Nemsagar. Later footprints of Ravisagar's disciple Sukhsagar was installed in Samvat 1979 by Buddhisagar. Another footprints of Sukhsagar's disciple Buddhisagarsuri was also installed by Mahendrasagar. There are two niches in hall containing statues of Ravisagar and Sukhsagar which were installed in Samvat 1991. There is another large shrine outside the main shrine hall dedicated to Buddhisagarsuri was built in Samvat 2022 under guidance of Kailashsagar which contained his life-size statue of Buddhisagar. All these shrines were disestablished on 8 September 2023 to make way for a new temple. In past, Jain monks were ordained here.

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