Sri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir

Sri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir is located opposite Red Fort. It was built in 1658 A.D. The temple is dedicated to the 23rd Tirthankara, Parashvanath. Sri Digambara Jain Lal Mandir is one of the Delhi’s oldest temple dates back to the time of Mugal emperor Aurangzeb’s reign.The Architecture of the temple boast detailed carvings, and decorative paintwork in the ante-chambers that surrounding the main shrine to the Parshvanath, the twenty-third tirthankara. This temple has undergone innumerable modifications, renovations and reconstructions and was finally enlarged in the nineteenth century. This sanctum sanctorum also houses the idols of Lord Mahavira, the twenty-fourth Tirthankara and Lord Adinath, who was the first Tirthanakara of Jainism.