Place · Jain Tirthankara shrine · India
Jogibaba Dham, Keshgawan
A stone image of the twenty-fourth Tirthankara of the seventh or eighth century, standing deep in forest near Keshgawan. It is worshipped by the villages around it, which sow jawara and hold a fair at the site.
JainAdivasi histories
- Date
- 7th-8th century CE
- Periods
- Regional Flourishing
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 23.514, 82.529
Worth knowing
A Jain image this far into the Chota Nagpur forests shows how far the tradition reached beyond its western strongholds, and it is kept now by a largely Adivasi following rather than by a Jain congregation.
Connections (1)
- Shared sacred geographyMaheshpur, Adinath Tila
The Adinath of Maheshpur's mound and the Tirthankara image at Keshgawan are the two clear Jain traces in the division, both now kept by largely non-Jain villages.
Sources
Commissioner, Surguja Division (division-surguja.cg.gov.in), tourist-destination pages, 2026; coordinates supplied by the editor
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