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The Vimal Vasahi temple was built by Vimal Shah and designed by Vastupala, both Jain ministers of the then Solanki ruler of Dholka, a kingdom located in the Ahmedabad District of the state of Gujarat. The Vimal Vasahi temple was built in the year 1031 A.D. The Hastishala of this temple was built by Prithvipal, a descendant of Vimal Shah, in 1147-49.

The Luna Vasahi temple was built in 1230 by Vastupal and Tejpal, the Porwad brothers who were ministers during the reign of King Virdhaval, the then Vaghela ruler of Gujarat.

The temples have undergone repairs from time to time. Having faced destruction in the early 1300s, major repairs were undertaken in the year 1321 by Bijag and Lalag of Mandore.

Again in the year 1906 the temple was repaired and re-consecrated on April 25, 1906, under the patronage of a Jain devotee from Patan, Lallubhai Jaichand and Yati Hemasagar. Anandji Kalyanji oversaw extensive repairs between the years 1950-1965, with the work being done by a firm from Sompura which belonged to ... More

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