Acharya Shri Kirtiratnasuri ji has played an important role in making Nakoda Tirtha famous in the name of Nakoda Parshvanath and Nakoda Bhairav. V.No. Due to the Mughal attack on Nakoda i.e. Veerampur in 1443, the revered Shri Nakoda Parshvanath idol was again hidden for safety in the Nagdrah pond of Nakoda village near Sindhari. According to the dream given by Nakoda President Shri Bhairavdev, Jinadat Seth got a dream indication of the presence of this idol here. Then Acharya Shri Kirtiratnasuri performed devotion to the Lord with rituals and took out the idol from Nagdrah pond and placed it on his head and brought it to Veerampur present day Nakoda Tirtha and again in V.S. Established in 1512. On this occasion, Shri Bhairavji, in the form of a child, kept walking in front of the idol while dancing.
Along with the idol of Shri Nakoda Parshvanathji, Acharya Shri Kirtiratnasuri installed the statue of Shri Bhairavadevji on the right side outside the entrance of the present Shri Parshvanath temple where the statue of Shri Hanumanji is currently established. The statue of Shri Parshvanathji is built on the head of the statue of Acharya Shri Kirtiratnasuri, who brought here the statue of Nakoda Parshvanathji on his head from Nagdrah pond of Nakoda village near Sindhari. The worldly name of Acharya Shri Kirtiratnaji was Delha (Delhakumar). You were born in the womb of Devalde, the wife of Depamall. 1449 Chaitra Shukla Ashtami happened in Korta on Friday. Some people believe that your family had settled in Maheva (Mevanagar), hence you were born in Maheva. You have V.S. On 1463 Ashadh Vaadi 11, he took initiation from Acharya Shri Jinavardhansuri in Maheva itself and V.S. In 1470, he was decorated with the post of lecturer in Patan. On V.No.1480 Vaishakh Sudi 10, Jinbhadrasuri gave you the post of Upadhyay in Maheva. In Jaisalmer you have V.S. He composed Lakshman Vihar Prashasti in 1473, Ajitnath Jayamala in 1476 and Neminath Mahakavya in 1495. V.No. On 10th Magh Sudi of 1497, a Yatra Sangh was held in Jaisalmer conferring the title of Acharya on you. V.No. On 1525 Vaishakh Vadi Panchami, your Samadhimaran Kaldharma Swargamas happened in Maheva. At that time all the doors of Shri Nakoda Parshvanath Teerth Temple automatically closed and the rows of lamps automatically started glowing on the temple.
In the memory of Acharya Shri Kirtiratnasuri, your worldly side has made a statue of V.S. at the place where your cremation took place. On 1525 Vaishakh Vadi 6, it was consecrated by Shri Jinbhadrasuri. On behalf of the pilgrim, at the place of sput, V.S. In 2000, Acharya Shri Kirtiratnasuri Dadawadi was constructed. In which the statue of Acharya Shri Kirtiratnasuri was installed. Whose reputation is V.S. 2008 Magh Shukla Pratipada was done by Shri Jinaratnasuri on Thursday. After all, on the request of Lanchi Bai, her brother Malashah built a temple on her behalf and installed the idol of 13th Jain Tirthankar Shri Vimalnathji as its main leader. In 1512, it was established by the Karkamals of Shri Hemavimalsuriji of Tapagchch. Since then this Jain temple started gaining fame by the name of Shri Vimalnathji and Lanchi Bai Temple. V.S. of the temple Since its construction in 1512 V.S. There is an inscription indicating that several construction works were carried out in the temple till 1667. Till then this temple remained famous as Shri Vimalnathji Temple.
Due to possible breakage of the idol of the original leader of this temple, Lord Shri Vimalnathji, due to other reasons, the idol of the first Tirthankar Shri Adinath Bhagwan was installed in its place. Since then, this temple has become the present religious place of faith of the people by the name of Shri Adinathji Temple and Lanchi Bai Temple. The temple faces north and has Shringaar Mandap, Navchowki, Sabha Mandap, Mudh Mandap, Moolagambhara. The statues of Shri Chandraprabhji and Shri Padamprabhji are established on each side of the statue of Moolnayak Shri Adinath Bhagwan. In addition to many other ancient Jain statues in the assembly hall of the temple, there are two V.I.S. statues including Parikar. The Kausag statue with inscriptions from 1203 is present.
