{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{use Indian English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox religious building | religious_affiliation = Jainism | image = Jain temple palakkad.jpg | alt = Jainimedu Jain temple | caption = Jainimedu Jain temple | map_caption = Location within Kerala | location = Jainimedu, Palakkad, Kerala | deity = Chandraprabha | sect = Digambar | festivals = Mahavir Jayanti | year_completed = 15th century | governing_body = Manikka Pattanam Sree Chandraprabha Digambara Basti Trust | coordinates = {{coord|10|47|8.4|N|76|38|33.2|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}} }} {{Jainism}} '''Jainimedu Jain temple''' is a 15th-century Jain temple located in city of Palakkad, Kerala.It is located at Jainimedu, one of the suburbs of the city .<ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite web|author=PTI |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/15th-century-Jain-temple-in-Kerala-to-be-reopened/articleshow/20016503.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615091145/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-12/india/39202799_1_temple-walls-temple-sources-diamond-merchants |url-status=live |archive-date=2013-06-15 |title=15th-century Jain temple in Kerala to be reopened |date=2013-05-12 |work=The Times of India |access-date=2013-07-20}}</ref> It is dedicated to Chandraprabha, a Tirthankar of the Jain faith.<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/temple-ritual/article4708172.ece |title=Temple ritual |work=The Hindu |date=2013-05-12 |access-date=2013-07-20}}</ref><ref name="thehindu2">{{cite web|author=Mundur M.K. Krishnan |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-editorialfeatures/the-home-of-jainism-in-kerala/article2625404.ece |title=The home of Jainism in Kerala |work=The Hindu |date=2011-11-14 |access-date=2013-07-20}}</ref>
The celebrated Malayalam poet Kumaranasan, wrote his monumental poem Veenapoovu (The fallen flower) at a Jain house near here.<ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fjWPiQyOwGkC&q=jainimedu&pg=PA282 |title=Kerala Tradition & Fascinating Destinations – Biju Mathew – Google Books |date= August 2012|isbn=9788192128412 |access-date=2013-07-20|last1=Mathew |first1=Biju |publisher=Biju Mathew {{!}} Info Kerala Communications Pvt }}</ref> The place name 'Jainimedu' itself is related to this temple.
==History== The Jain temple was constructed in the 15th century by a family of diamond merchants from Karnataka.{{cn|date=May 2026}} It was created by Inchana Satur.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nxtnsT8CdZ4C&q=palakkad+jain&pg=PA194 |title=Encyclopaedia of Tourism Resources in India – Manohar Sajnani – Google Books |isbn=9788178350189 |access-date=2013-07-20|last1=Sajnani |first1=Manohar |year=2001 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House }}</ref> The temple was in a dilapidated condition for the past several years.<ref name="indiatimes1"/> At that time, there were around 400 Jain families in Jainimedu.<ref name="thehindu2"/> The temple was renovated in 2013 and a Panch Kalyanak was performed.<ref name="thehindu1"/> M. P. Veerendra Kumar, a prominent Keralite Jain, spoke at the event.<ref name="thehindu3">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/keeping-alive-jain-faith/article4713450.ece |title=Keeping alive Jain faith |work=The Hindu |date=2013-05-14 |access-date=2013-07-20}}</ref> The rituals were led by Bhuvanakeerthi Bhattakara Swamiji, the head of Kanakagiri Jain Mutt.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://asianetindia.com/renovated-jain-temple-kerala-opened-devotees/ |title=Renovated Jain temple in Kerala opened for devotees | Kerala Latest News | Kerala Breaking News | Kerala Latest Headlines | Latest Kerala News | Health | Women | Business | NRI | IT | Sports | News Breaks | News |access-date=20 July 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134711/http://asianetindia.com/renovated-jain-temple-kerala-opened-devotees/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
This is one of the few places in Kerala where the vestiges of Jainism have survived.<ref name="google1"/>
==Description== The temple is 32 feet long and 20 feet wide and displays the images of Jain Tirthankaras and Yakshinis.<ref name="thehindu3"/>
==Photo gallery== <gallery> image:Jain idols jain temple jainimed.JPG| Idols at Jain temple in Jainimedu, Palakkad </gallery>
==See also== * Jainism in Kerala * Jain Bunt
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