A Jain tirtha on the descent toward Gujarat; tradition puts its foundation in 874 under Rawal Khuyan, the standing fabric is later and the earliest repair inscription is of 1422 (board).
The Bhils venerate the image as Kalaji, a protector of the soil, so the shrine is one of the few institutions both the court and the hill people recognise.
Who holds it
- Name
- the Jain trustees and the Bhil headmen who guard the image
- Title
- Head or custodian
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not pinned
- Confidence
- low
Board.
How things stand that morning
A frontier shrine.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The campaign board.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
Primary sources for Guhilas of Mewar
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Epigraphia Indica: inscriptions of the Chandelas, Paramaras, Gahadavalas, Chaulukyas, Senas and Eastern Gangas, Various (edited for the Archaeological Survey of India by J. Burgess, E. Hultzsch, F. Kielhorn, Sten Konow, F. W. Thomas and successors) (inscriptions of the 1180s to 1210s; the series ran from 1892). The main record series for the Hindu kingdoms of northern India around 1200. Read online
- Historical Inscriptions of Gujarat, Various (the Chaulukya and Vaghela chanceries), edited by G. V. Acharya (inscriptions of the 10th to 14th centuries; edited 1933 to 1942). The standard corpus of Gujarat's inscriptions. Read online
- The Wishing-Stone of Narratives, Merutunga (a Jain monk of the Nagendra gaccha) (1305 (Vikrama 1361) at Vadhvan in Gujarat). A Jain collection of historical anecdotes about the kings of Gujarat and Malwa, a century after 1200. Read online
Sources and studies
- OMNIA board notes for the place (a lead only; checked against the sources above)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.