Jain Center of Greater Phoenix

at Jain Center of Greater Phoenix (JCGP) Of the total Jain population in Phoenix, about half live in the East Valley. Most arrived in the 1980s, at which time they did not have a permanent meeting place and met in local elementary schools. In 2005, JCGP acquired 4 acres of land for building a Jain Temple in Phoenix. Pratistha event was held from December 20 to December 26, 2008. The Hindu community also has a temple on another four acres next to the Jain Center, known as the Shree Nathji temple. ==Architecture==

The building uses white Makrana marble on the inside. The primary deities have been brought in from India, 51-inch high statues of Mahavir and Adinath. Behind the primary deities, 24 inches have been carved out to include 15-inch-high statues of tirthankars. Above the sanctum sanctorum, a 61 feet pinnacle or shikhara has been constructed. The entrance of the temple includes a sandstone archway and a 41-foot Manastambha (nonviolence monument) stands outside the temple. ==Gallery==

File:JCGP Temple (4).png|Exteriors of the Jain temple in Phoenix, Arizona File:JCGP Temple (8).png|Both Digambar and Śvetāmbara statues are placed in the same sanctum sanctorum File:JCGP Temple (3).png|Front entrance of the Jain temple File:JCGP Temple (2).png|Rishabhantha idol File:JCGP Temple (1).png|Mahavir Swami idol File:JCGP Temple (9).png|Main vedi ==See also==