Jaisinghpura Jain Mandir
A Digambar Jain atishaya kshetra beside the Shipra, with a museum of about 560 ancient Jain sculptures from Malwa
Today at the kshetra. Times are in Indian Standard Time.
The Digambar Jain temple at Jaisinghpura, in the western part of Ujjain near the Shipra river, is listed in Jain pilgrimage directories as Shri Neminath Digambar Jain Atishaya Kshetra and Punya Bhumi. Beside it stands the Digambar Jain Sangrahalaya, a museum founded in 1944 by the Shri Digambar Jain Malwa Prantik Sabha, Badnagar, which preserves about 560 Jain sculptures and architectural pieces gathered from across Malwa. Together the jinalaya and the museum make Jaisinghpura the best place in Ujjain to encounter the city's long Jain heritage.
Read the full accountAt a glance
- Tradition
- Digambar Jain
- Mulnayak
- Bhagwan Neminath, the 22nd Tirthankara (as named in Jain tirth directories)
- Type of tirth
- Atishaya Kshetra and Punya Bhumi
- Location
- Jaisinghpura, western Ujjain, near the bank of the Shipra
- Museum founded
- 1944, by Shri Digambar Jain Malwa Prantik Sabha, Badnagar
- Museum collection
- About 560 Jain sculptures and artefacts from Malwa and nearby regions
- New museum building
- Rebuilt and reopened in April 2015
- Museum hours
- 8 AM to 7 PM, all days (as stated on the museum's own website)
Timings
Timings change on festivals, eclipses and special days. Confirm at the mandir before you travel.
See all timingsOpening hours
- Jain Museum (Digambar Jain Sangrahalaya)All days8:00 AM to 7:00 PM
As stated on the museum's own website (archived copies from 2017 to early 2026). The site is currently offline, so please confirm locally before visiting.
Pujan and vidhan
All pujans and vidhansBooking here only reserves your place. This website takes no money.
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Jinabhishek
The ceremonial morning anointing of the Jina image with pure water, the first act of daily worship in Digambar jinalayas. The exact time at Jaisinghpura is not published; ask at the temple.
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Shantidhara
A continuous stream of water poured over the image while the Shantidhara mantras are recited for universal peace; in Digambar practice it follows the abhishek. Arrangements for sponsoring it are made with the temple management.
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Nitya Pujan (Ashta-dravya Puja)
The daily worship of Dev, Shastra and Guru with the eight traditional offerings: water, sandal, unbroken rice, flowers (usually coloured rice), naivedya, lamp, incense and fruit, concluding with the arghya.
Festivals through the year
See all festivals- OctoberThis month
Mahavir Nirvana Divas (Deepavali)
Kartik Krishna Amavasya (October-November)
Marks the nirvana of Bhagwan Mahavir at Pawapuri; the nirvana ladu is offered at dawn in Digambar temples.
- April
Mahavir Jayanti (Janma Kalyanak)
Chaitra Shukla Trayodashi (March-April)
The birth anniversary of Bhagwan Mahavir, the 24th Tirthankara, marked in Jain temples with abhishek, pujan and community processions.
- May
Akshaya Tritiya
Vaishakh Shukla Tritiya (April-May)
Commemorates the first ahar received by Bhagwan Adinath after his long fast, when King Shreyans offered him sugarcane juice.
Gallery
See all photosNo freely licensed photograph of this temple or its museum is available yet. The pictures here show related places in Ujjain and Malwa; each caption says where it was taken.
Context photo: a medieval Tirthankara panel in the Vidisha Museum, Madhya Pradesh, showing seated and standing Jinas. This is not from the Jaisinghpura collection; it illustrates the kind of Jain sculpture found in the Malwa region.Photo: Prof Ranga Sai, CC0 1.0 Context photo: Shri Mahavir Tapobhumi on Indore Road, another Digambar Jain tirth of Ujjain (not the Jaisinghpura temple).Photo: Tapori the, CC BY-SA 4.0 Context photo: image of Bhagwan Parshvanath at Shri Mahavir Tapobhumi, Ujjain (not the Jaisinghpura temple).Photo: Hiten Jain (Glory of Jainism), CC BY-SA 4.0