Sarvodaya Jain Temple

The Sarvodaya Jain Temple at Amarkantak covers about 4 acres and is built of pink sandstone from Rajasthan, set with lime and using no cement or iron. Its form is often compared with Akshardham in New Delhi.

The main image (mulnayak) is a seated Ashtadhatu idol of Adinath, also called Rishabhanatha, the first Jain Tirthankara. About 24 feet (7.3 m) tall and weighing 24 tonnes, it sits in padmasana on a lotus pedestal of the same alloy, and was installed on 6 November 2006 by Acharya Vidyasagar. A statue of Mahavira said to weigh 71 tonnes is also kept here. The temple is one of several pilgrimage sites in Amarkantak, alongside the Narmada Temple and Narmada Kund, the Kapil Dhara and Dudh Dhara falls, Sonmuda and Bhrigu Kamandal.