Taranga Jain Temple From River Resort (37.5 km)
Taranga became an important Jain pilgrimage site in the 12h century. In Kumarapal Pratibodha of Somaprabhacharya, composed in Vikram Samvat 1241, states the local Buddhist king Veni Vatsaraja and a 2nd century CE Jain monk Khaputacharya had built a temple for goddess Tara and thus the town was named Tarapur.
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Palanpur Kheralu Highway,
Near Sarasvati Bridge.
At: Nagana, Taluka: Vadgam,
Dist.: Banaskantha.
