The Jain Temple, Dubai (referred to locally as Derasar) is a house temple (ghar derasar) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
| Vimalanatha Daresar | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Jainism |
| Deity | Vimalanatha |
| Location | |
| Location | Bur Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Temple(s) | 1 |
About temple
editThe temple caters for the large Jain community in the United Arab Emirates and is the only Śvetāmbara Jain temple in Bur Dubai, where most of the Jains reside. The temple complex has Lord Vimalanatha, the thirteenth Jain Tirthankar as Moolnayak, Lord Parshwanath, the twenty third Tirthankar and Lord Sumatinath, the Fifth Tirthankar. Padmavati mata moorti is also there in this temple. There are more than 10,000 Jains in Dubai as of 2012.[1]
The temple closing time is 12.00 noon, and reopening time is 5.00 pm.
Jain temple number is: 043968842
See also
editReferences
editCitations
edit- ^ Savla 2015, p. 27.
Sources
edit- Savla, Parth (1 June 2015). "Jain Digest March". Issuu. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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