The Jain Temple, Dubai (referred to locally as Derasar) is a
house temple
A house temple (Ghar Derasar or Griha Chaityalaya) is a private Jain shrine that is placed within a personal residence. Sometimes it is separate room or structure in a compound.
Jain scholars prescribe that the height of a pratima in a house ...
(ghar derasar) in
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...
,
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...
(UAE).
About temple
The temple caters for the large
Jain community in the United Arab Emirates and is the only
Śvetāmbara
The Śvetāmbara (; also spelled Shwetambara, Shvetambara, Svetambara or Swetambara) is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being the Digambara. ''Śvetāmbara'' in Sanskrit means "white-clad", and refers to its ascetics' practi ...
Jain temple in
Bur Dubai
Bur Dubai () is a historic district in Dubai, located on the western side of the Dubai Creek. The name is a reference to the traditional separation of the area from Deira by the creek.
Description
The Ruler's Court is located in the district ...
, where most of the Jains reside. The temple complex has Lord
Vimalanatha
Vimalanatha was the thirteenth 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. Vimalanatha was born to King Kratavarma and Queen Shyamadev ...
, the thirteenth Jain Tirthankar as Moolnayak, Lord
Parshwanath, the twenty third Tirthankar and Lord
Sumatinath
Sumatinatha was the fifth Jain Tirthankara of the present age ( Avasarpini). Sumatinatha was born to a Kshatriya King Megha (Megharatha) and Queen Mangalavati (Sumangalavati) at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His Janma Kalyanak (birthday) w ...
, the Fifth Tirthankar. Padmavati mata moorti is also there in this temple. There are more than 10,000 Jains in Dubai as of 2012.
The temple closing time is 12.00 noon, and reopening time is 5.00 pm.
Jain temple number is: 043968842
See also
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List of Jain temples
Jain temples and ''Tirtha (Jainism), tirtha'' (pilgrimage sites) are present throughout the Indian subcontinent, many of which were built several hundred years ago. Many of these temples are classified according to Jain s ...
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Jain temples in the United Arab Emirates
Religious buildings and structures in Dubai