Tapa Gaccha

Tapa Gaccha is the largest Gaccha (monastic order) of Śvetāmbara Jainism. More than half of the existing Jain ascetics belong to the Tapa Gaccha. Several successful Sanskrit scholars belonged to Tapa Gaccha, including Hiravijaya, Meghavijaya, Yashovijaya, Vijayanandsuri among others. Panyas Bhadrankarvijaya was also a notable monk who came in contact with Acharya Ramchandra Suri before initiation as a monk in Tapa Gaccha.

In the Tapa Gaccha tradition, Manibhadra Vir is revered as a principal protective deity (adhiṣṭhāyaka), invoked for safeguarding the monastic lineage and its lay followers. Jain sources explicitly refer to him as the Tapāgaccha adhiṣṭhāyaka, emphasizing his role as a guardian rather than a salvific figure.

The current head of Tapa Gaccha, Tapa Gacchādhipati is Ācārya Shri Manoharkīrti Sūrijī Mahārāj Sāheb

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