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| 2012, Godiji Temple, Mumbai India Rs 5.00 |
2012, Godiji Temple, Mumbai India Rs 5.00 MN H
Text: 2012, Godiji Temple, Mumbai India Rs 5.00
Condition:
| Country / Post | India |
|---|---|
| Date of Issue | 17 April 2012 |
| Primary theme | Architecture (Classical) Religions & beliefs |
| Subject | Godiji Temple, Mumbai |
| Width | 28.5 mm |
| Height | 38.5 mm |
| Denomination | 5.00 INR |
| Number in set | 1 |
| Layout/Format | sheet |
| Perforations | 13 by 13 |
| Stamp issuing authority | Ministry of Communications Department of Posts |
| Printer | India Security Press, Nasik |
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GODIJI TEMPLE IS SITUATED IN THE PAYADHUNI AREA OF MUMBAI. THIS JAIN TEMPLE IS CELEBRATING THE 200TH YEAR OF ITS INCEPTION IN 2012. GIDJI IS ONE OF THE 1008 NAMES OF PARSHVANATH, THE 23RD TIRTHANKAR OF JAIN RELIGION. THE TEMPLE WAS ESTABLISHED IN PYDHONIE IN VIKRAM SAMVAT 1868 (1812 A.D.) INITIALLY THE TEMPLE WAS MADE OF WOOD. IT HAS BEEN RENOVATED RECENTLY WITH MARBLE. THE TEMPLE HAS 226 VISIBLE PILLARS, 16 CHAMBERS OF WORSHIP, 155 IDOLS. THE CIRCULAR DOME IN CENTRE STANDS TALL WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT. THE IDOL OF PARSHVANATH IN THE TEMPLE IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF ATTRACTION. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGES OF LIFE CAN BE RESOLVED BY OFFERING PRAYERS TO BHAGWAN PARSHVANATH AT THE GODIJI TEMPLE. THE TEMPLE ALSO HAS A VAST LIBRARY OF ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES WHICH INCLUDE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPTS LITERATURE IN ANCIENT LANGUAGES LIKE SANSKRIT, ARDHA MAGADHI PRAKRIT. DEPARTMENT OF POSTS IS HAPPY TO COMMEMORATE THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF GODIJI TEMPLE, MUMBAI BE ISSUING A POSTAGE
GODIJI TEMPLE IS SITUATED IN THE PAYADHUNI AREA OF MUMBAI. THIS JAIN TEMPLE IS CELEBRATING THE 200TH YEAR OF ITS INCEPTION IN 2012. GIDJI IS ONE OF THE 1008 NAMES OF PARSHVANATH, THE 23RD TIRTHANKAR OF JAIN RELIGION. THE TEMPLE WAS ESTABLISHED IN PYDHONIE IN VIKRAM SAMVAT 1868 (1812 A.D.) INITIALLY THE TEMPLE WAS MADE OF WOOD. IT HAS BEEN RENOVATED RECENTLY WITH MARBLE. THE TEMPLE HAS 226 VISIBLE PILLARS, 16 CHAMBERS OF WORSHIP, 155 IDOLS. THE CIRCULAR DOME IN CENTRE STANDS TALL WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT. THE IDOL OF PARSHVANATH IN THE TEMPLE IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF ATTRACTION. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGES OF LIFE CAN BE RESOLVED BY OFFERING PRAYERS TO BHAGWAN PARSHVANATH AT THE GODIJI TEMPLE. THE TEMPLE ALSO HAS A VAST LIBRARY OF ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES WHICH INCLUDE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPTS LITERATURE IN ANCIENT LANGUAGES LIKE SANSKRIT, ARDHA MAGADHI PRAKRIT. DEPARTMENT OF POSTS IS HAPPY TO COMMEMORATE THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF GODIJI TEMPLE, MUMBAI BE ISSUING A POSTAGE
Godiji Temple
India Post issued a stamp on Godiji temple to commemorate its 200th anniversary on 17th April 2012.
Godiji temple is situated in the Payadhuni area of Mumbai. Godiji is one of the 1008 names of Parshvanath, the 23rd Tirthankar of Jain religion.
Hon.Min.of State for Comm. & IT Milind Deora releasing the special postage stamp on occasion of 200 yrs of Shri Godiji Parshwanath Temple, Mumbai.
Hon.Min.of State for Comm. & IT Milind Deora releasing the special postage stamp on occasion of 200 yrs of Shri Godiji Parshwanath Temple, Mumbai.
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