Adinatha temple, Khajuraho
Adinatha temple is a Jain temple located at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is dedicated to the Jain tirthankara Adinatha, although its exterior walls also feature Hindu deities. This temple is part of UNESCO World Heritage Site along with other temples in Khajuraho Group of Monuments.
Adinatha temple, Khajuraho
Adinatha temple sculptures
Close-up of a sculpture
Chandela-era statue of Adinatha in the sanctum
Rishabhanatha, also Rishabhadeva, Rishabha or Ikshvaku, is the first tirthankara of Jainism. He was the first of twenty-four teachers in the present half-cycle of time in Jain cosmology, and called a "ford maker" because his teachings helped one cross the sea of interminable rebirths and deaths. The legends depict him as having lived millions of years ago. He was the spiritual successor of Sampratti Bhagwan, the last Tirthankar of previous time cycle. He is also known as Ādinātha, as well as Adishvara, Yugadideva, Prathamarajeshwara and Nabheya. He is also known as Ikshvaku, establisher of Ikshvaku dynasty. Along with Mahavira, Parshvanath, Neminath, and Shantinath, Rishabhanatha is one of the five Tirthankaras that attract the most devotional worship among the Jains.
The idol of Lord Rishabhanatha at Teerthoday Golakot situated in Shivpuri District, Khaniyadhana, Madhya Pradesh
Birth of the Tirthankara Rishabha, folio from the Devasano Pado KalpasutraKalpasutra and Kalakacharya Katha. Gujarat, c. 1500. Bharat Kala Bhavan
Rishabha with mother Marudevi at Palitana
Ruins of ancient Jain settlement from 2nd century BCE in Kankali Tila, Mathura depicting the scene of Nilanjana's Dance from life of Rishabhdeva.