About Sankeshwar
Shankheshwar is a town in the Patan district of Gujarat state of India. It is an important place of pilgrimage for the followers of Jainism.
The village is considered a place of great antiquity. Jain Acharya Merutunga had mentioned this place as Shankhpur in his works. A Paliya in the north of the village had the date of Samvat 1322 (1265 AD). The current temple of Parshwanath was built in 1811. There are ruins of an old Jain temple in the town which is dated Samvat 1652 (1596 AD). There are a Chhatra and a memorial inscription dedicated to Shripujya, a high priest near it.
According to Mughal history, the Shankheshwar village was a lease-grant by Emperor Shah Jahan to Shantidas Jhaveri, a former nagarsheth (equivalent to mayor) of Ahmedabad.
The closest major cities include Gandhinagar, Ahmadabad, Nadiad, and Rajkot.