Songadh is a census town in Bhavnagar district of Saurashtra in Gujarat, India. As of the 2011 Census of India, it had a population of 6,027 across 1252 households. It is 8 km from Sihor town and 28 km from Bhavnagar town. The Songadh Jain temple is a notable landmark in the town.
See main article: Songadh Jain temple.
Kanji Swami, a mystical teacher of Jainism, was born into Śvētāmbara Sthānakavāsī and converted to a celibate Digambara lay scholar under influence of Kundakunda & Pandit Todarmal, at Songadh in 1934. Sonagadh became birthplace for Kanji Panth.[1] Kanji Swami, spent about forty years at Songadh so the village became one of the most important pilgrimage for Kanji Panth.[2]
Songadh along with Palitana, Girnar, Naliya, Kathara, Idar, Tarangaji, and Ahmedabad are planned to be promoted as Gujarat Jain circuit by Gujarat tourism department.[3]