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This Kshetra Kundalpur is a place full of natural attractive beauty famous for miraculous colossus of Bade Baba Bhagwan Adinath in sitting (Padmasana) posture 15 feet in height and is a place of salvation of Antim Kevali Shridhar Kevali.
Here are 63 temples of various types, among them 22nd temple is famous for Bade Baba Bhagwan Adinath the principal deity and 49th is called Jal Mandir, an attractive temple situated in the middle of beautiful pond Vardhaman Sagar.
The colossus of Bade Baba and so many idols of Teerthankars brought letter in the same temple are supposed to be installed in 10th – 11th & 11th – 12th century.
It is clear from inscriptions on idols that Kundalpur was famous about year 1554 A.D. as Teerth Kshetra.
There are 40 temples on hill and remaining 23 in valley. Temples No. 41 to 47 are small in size while No. 48 to 60 are big temples with beautiful spires.
Atishaya – The warrior of Bundelkhand Maharaj Chhatrasal succeeded in capturing his lost kingdom after Darshan (Prayer – worship) of miraculous Bade Baba. Then Maharaj Chhatrasal helped in reconstruction of the temple. One Mugal Emperor tried to destroy Bade Baba, when he stroked on the thumb of colossus, milk flooded out from thumb and at the same time dense flocks of honey bees attacked on invaders and pushed them to run away. Then Mughal Emperor bagged pardon there and went shamefully.

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