KALIKUND JAIN TIRTH
The name of this city was Dhavalakkapur. In the times of the Mahabharata, this was a vast city. This is the birth place of His Holiness DadashriJinadattasurishvarji and the holly land of initiation (diksha) of Upadhyay Dharmadevji, There are evidences to show that many temples were built and many religious activities were done here in the twelfth century of the Vikram era, Under the inspiration of His Holiness Acharyadev Vijayrajendrasurisvarji auspices of Kanaksurisvarji, this 2200 years old idol was installed in this vast, high multi-stepped temple, comparable to God’s residence, on the third day of the bright half of the month of Fagum in the year 2038 of the Vikram era. Dadavadi of ShriJinadattasurishvarji, the great Acharya of Khartargachchha, is in front of this temple.
On the land of one lakh of square ft. near this temple, there is Mini-Shetrunjaya temple. It reminds one of the 45 ft. high artificial hill. The city of temples is built on the land of 25000 square ft. With ‘JalTaleti’, ‘BabunaDera’.temple of BhagawanShantinath’, ‘Dada’s Tank’, ‘Nava tunk’, ‘GetinaPaga’, the foot of the hill etc., this mini-shetrunjaya looks beautiful like the actual sacred place of Shetrunjaya.
40 KM FROM AHMEDABAD