Narsingpura is one of the Jain communities. It originated from the
Mewar
Mewar or Mewad is a region in the south-central part of Rajasthan state of India. It includes the present-day districts of Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Pirawa Tehsil of Jhalawar District of Rajasthan, Neemuch an ...
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Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...
) region. Many of them have migrated to Gujarat, MP, and recently to Maharashtra.
Narsingpura community follows Digambar Jain sect. According to tradition, it was founded by Acharya Ramasena who belonged to
Kashtha Sangh
Kashtha Sangha (काष्ठा संघ) was a Digambar Jain monastic order once dominant in several regions of North and Western India. It is considered to be a branch of Mula Sangh itself. It is said to have originated from a town name ...
order, at a town called Narsingpura Patan of Mewad, now Lunada in Dist Udaipur.
The last
Bhattaraka
A Bhaṭṭāraka ( pka, भट्टारक "holy one") heads traditional Digambara Jain institutions. He is responsible for training scholars, maintenance of libraries, managing endowments, presiding over installation ceremonies and running ...
of the
Kashtha Sangh
Kashtha Sangha (काष्ठा संघ) was a Digambar Jain monastic order once dominant in several regions of North and Western India. It is considered to be a branch of Mula Sangh itself. It is said to have originated from a town name ...
Naditat Gaccha at Pratapgarh was Bhattarak Yashkirtijee Maharaj ordained in Samvat 1974. His disciples Pandit Raamchandraji and Daadamchandji have compiled the historical account of the community.
[http://ndjains.org/ History of the Birth of Shree Narsingpura Community] They follow the
Bispanth traditions.
They have an organization All India Narsingpura Mahasabha.
Kesariaji tirtha is of special significance to this community.
See also
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Kashtha Sangh
Kashtha Sangha (काष्ठा संघ) was a Digambar Jain monastic order once dominant in several regions of North and Western India. It is considered to be a branch of Mula Sangh itself. It is said to have originated from a town name ...
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Mula Sangh
''Digambara'' (; "sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being ''Śvētāmbara'' (white-clad). The Sanskrit word ''Digambara'' means "sky-clad", referring to their traditional monastic practice of neither possessing no ...
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Keshariaji
Rikhabdeo (aka Rishabhadeo) is a census town in Udaipur district in the States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan, in north-west India.
Rishabhadeo is situated from Udaipur and is on Udaipur-Ahmedabad Road. The name of the town ...
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Digambara Terapanth
Digambara Terapanth is one of the sects of Digambara Jainism, the other being the '' Bispanthi'' sect. It formed out of strong opposition to the religious domination of traditional religious leaders called ''bhattarakas'' during the 12th-16 ...
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Humad
References
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Social groups of Rajasthan
Jain communities