Oshwal Association of the U.K., London



 

The religion celebrates simplicity with sky high morals and ethics. This temple is a tribute to Jainism and its contribution towards making this world a better place with non violence and mesage of peace.

This temple is the first traditional Shikharbandhi jain temple in Europe.

Temple is constructed entirely according to the ancient shilpshastra with no use of steel. 1300 tonnes of pink sand stone and 500 tonnes of Indian marble were carved by over 400 craftsmen and shipped to London. In all 5759 carved peices, including amazing intricute ceilings of India marble, were finally assembled like a giant jigsaw within 15 months! A tremendous goal achieved, with the grace of God.

An aerial view of the temple makes it look the jain symbol of Triloka (the cosmos). The single storey derasar has a floor space of 188 sq. mts. & consists of walk ways in the shape of swastika with 24 Tirthankars at each arm of each sathio.

Garbh-Gruha has installation of Mulnayak Shree mahavir Swami (51") in the centre, accompanied by Shree Adeshwar Bhagwan (31") & Shree Parswanath Bhagwan (31").

Initiation 2002
Completion Year 2006
Project Cost £ 4 million
Address Coopers lane road, Heartfordshire, London, U.K.