ऋषभदेव मन्दिर उदयपुर
udayapur rajasthan ka ek khoobasoorat shahar hai aur udayapur paryatan ka sabase akarshak sthal mana jata hai. udayapur se 39 mil dakshin mean khairava de ki s dak ke nikat kot se ghire ghoolev gaanv mean rrishabhadev ka mandir hai jo meva d mean jainiyoan ka sabase b da tirth sthan ke rup mean mana jata hai. yah sthan vishnu ke 24 avataroan mean se athavean avatar ke rup mean mane jane ke karan hinduoan ka bhi tirth sthal hai. rrishabhadev ki bhavy aur tejasvi pratima ko kesariyanath ke rup mean bhi jana jata hai. dooangarapur rajy ki prachin rajadhani b daude (patapadrak) ke jain mandir se lakar jo nasht ho chuka hai, yah pratima vahaan se lakar sthapit ki gee hai. pratima ka patthar kale rang ka hai atah sthaniy bhil ise kalaji bhi kahate haian. bhiloan ki basti jo mandir ke charoan or door tak bani hai vahaan ke logoan ki in par agadh shraddha hai. kaha jata hai ki yahaan chadhe kesar ka pani pikar kisi bhi vipatti mean jhooth nahian bolate haian.
mandir ka pratham dvar nakkarakhane ke rup mean hai. bahari parikrama ka chauk nakkarakhane se pravesh karate hi ata hai. doosara dvar vahian par hai kale patthar ka ek-ek hathi jisake donoan or kh da hua hai. hathi ke pas ek havanakuand uttar ki taraph ke bana hai jahaan navaratri ke dinoan mean durga ka havan hota hai. ukt dvar ke donoan or ke takhoan mean se ek mean bramha ki tatha doosare mean shiv ki moorti hai. sidhiyoan ke dvara is mandir mean jane ki vyavastha hai. sidhiyoan ke oopar ke mandap mean madhyam kad ke hathi par baithi huee marudevi ki moorti hai. shrimadabhagavath ka chabootara sidhiyoan se age baanyi taraph bana hai, jahaan bhagavat ki katha chaumase mean hoti hai. mandap mean 9 stambhoan ke hone ke karan yah nauchauki ke rup mean jana jata hai. yahaan se tisare dvar mean pravesh kiya jata hai.
yahaan ukt dvar ke bahar uttar ke takh mean shiv tatha dakshin ke takh mean sarasvati ki moorti sthapit hai. vahaan par khude abhilekh ise (vikram sanvat 1676) mean bana batate haian. tisara dvar khela mandap (aantaral) mean pahuanchata hai, jisake age nijamandir (garbhagrih) bana hai. isi mean rrishabhadev ki kale patthar ki bani pratima virajaman hai. garbhagrih ke oopar vishal shikhar bana hai, jahaan dhvajadand bhi laga hai. khela mandap, nauchauki tatha marudevi vale mandap ki chhat guanbadakar bani hai. mandir ke uttari, dakshini tatha pashchimi parshv mean dev-kulikaoan ki panktiyaan haian, jinamean se pratyek ke madhy mean mandap sahit ek-ek mandir bana hai. in tinoan mandiroan ko vahaan ke pujari log neminath ka mandir kahate haian, lekin shilalekhoan se yah spasht hai ki inamean se ek rrishabhadev ka hi mandir hai.
rrishabhadev ki pratima ke gird iandradi devata bane haian. inaki moorti ke charanoan mean, niche chhoti-chhoti nau moortiyaan haian, jinhean navagrah ya navanath ke rup mean jana jata hai. navagrahoan ke niche solah svapn khude haian. isake niche hathi, sianh, devi adi ki mootiyaan haian. sabase niche do bailoan ke bich devi ki moorti bani hai. pashchim ki devakulikaoan mean se ek mean thos patthar ka bana ek mandir sa rachana hai, jis par tirthankaroan ki bahut si chhoti-chhoti mootiyaan khudi hai. ise log giranaraji ke bianb ke rup mean janate haian. is prakar yahaan kul milakar tirthankaroan ki 22 tatha devakulikaoan ki 54 mootiyaan virajaman haian. in kul 76 mootiyoan mean 62 mean lekh upalabdh hai, jo batate haian ki ye moortiyaan vikram sanvat 1611 se vikram sanvat 1863 ke bich banaee gee haian. ye lekh jainoan ke itihas ki janakari ki drishti se vishesh mahatv ke haian.
tirthankar ki garbhavati mata ne jo svapn dekha, ve jain dharm bahut pavitr mane jate haian. diganbar solah svapn manate haian, vahian shvetaanbaroan mean chaudah svapnoan ki manyata haian.
kshetradhikar ke bad musalaman log mandiroan ko nasht kar dete the, atah us samay bane hue anek b de mandiro mean jan-boojhakar unaka koee pavitr chianh bana diya jata tha, jisase ve use to d nahian payean.
pashan ka ek chhota sa stambh nauchauki ke mandap ke dakshini kinare par kh da hai, jisake oopar niche tatha charoan or chhoti-chhoti10 takhean khudi haian. musalaman log is stambh ko masjid ka chianh manakar apani shraddha vyakt karate haian.
rrishabhadev ji ke mandir mean vishnu ke janmashtami, jalajhoolani adi utsav manaye jate haian. shrimadbhagavat ki katha chaumase mean hoti hai. pahale to any vishnu-mandiroan ke saman yahaan bhog bhi lagata tha. raso da bhog taiyar hone ke sthan ko kahate the.
maharana ke is mandir mean pravesh se ek dilachasp bat ju di hai. ve is mandir mean dvitiy dvar se pravesh nahian karate the, balki bahari parikrama ke pichhale bhag mean bane hue chhote dvar se pravesh karate the. doosare dvar ke oopar ki chhat mean paanch sharir aur ek siravali ek moorti khudi huee hai, jisako log chhatrabhang kahate haian. isake niche se pravesh karana maharana ke lie uchit nahian mana jata tha.