Digambar Jain Lal Mandir

The Digambar Jain Lal Mandir is the most prominent landmark of Chandni Chowk, its imposing red structure greeting one and all at the main road that forms the entrance of Chandni Chowk from the side of the Red Fort. The mandir is flanked by the age old bird hospital on one side and the Gauri Shankar Temple (another ancient temple for Shaivites) on the other side. The temple goes back to 1656 when the then Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, in setting up the city of Shahjahanabad, requested the Jain and Aggarwal community to set up base in this area. He promised them a place for building their place of worship and the Digambar Jain Lal Temple was built, although its main shikhara was built only post-Independence.