Hundreds throng Koba Jain temple

Hundreds of Jain devotees gathered at the Koba Mahavir Jain Aradhna Kendra here on Friday to witness the 'Surya Tilak' of Lord Mahavir Swami. 

'Surya Tilak' is a unique event in which sun rays appear on the forehead of Mahavir Swami through a hole on the top of the Koba temple. On Friday, exactly at 2.07 pm, 'Surya Tilak' took place for three minutes at the temple. About 1,000 Jain devotees  adored the spectacular event.

"On May 22, Acharya Kailashsagar Suriswarji died in Koba Jain Aradhana Kendra. Since then Acharya Padmasagar Suriswarji pioneered to worship Lord Mahavir by Surya Tilak," says Manubhai Jain, an administrator of Koba Jain Aradhana Kendra.

Nileshbhai R Shah, a devotee, said, "Every year my family attend this miraculous event in the temple. This unbelievable spiritual occurrence happens only in two temples of India - one at Jain temple of Kanyakumari and second at Jain Aradhana Kendra at Koba. We feel so pure from within after darshan of this rare incident."