Is prashn ka jo exact uttar aap chah rahe hain – “Kaunsi shravika ne dahej ke badle mandir nirman karaya?” – aisa koi spasht, prasiddh udaharan Jain granthon ya pramanik Jain itihaas–pustakon mein mujhe nahi milta.

Kuchh kahaniyaan lok–parampara (local oral stories) mein milti hain, jaise:

• Pisanhari ki Marhia (Jabalpur) ki ek garib shravika ne aata pis‑pis kar dhan jamaa karke mandir banvaya – par yah kahani “dahej ke badle” nahi balki “apni mehnat ki bachat se” mandir nirman ki hai.
• Vibhinna nagaron mein aaj–kal kai Jain parivaar beti ke kanyadaan/daj ke sthan par dharm–daan (mandir, upashray, pathshala, ayambilshala, gaushala adi) karte hain, lekin yeh adhikatar adhunika udaharan hain aur kisi ek shravika ka naam sampoorn Bharat ke Jain sahitya mein vikhyat roop se darj nahi milta.

Isliye imaandari se kahun to:

Main kisi aisi vishesh shravika ka pramanik naam nahi bata sakta jiske baare mein granthon ya sveekrit Jain itihaas mein saaf‑saaf likha ho ki usne “dahej ke badle mandir nirman karaya.”

Yeh kisi khaas sangh, shehar ya kul ki apni parampara ki kahani ho sakti hai. Agar aapke paas:

• shehar ka naam,
• sampraday (Digambar / Shvetambar),
• ya us mandir ka naam

ho, to wahi sthanik Jain sangh, pandit ya itihas–pustak is baat ko adhik sahi bata sakte hain.

Dharma–dristi se yeh avashya samajhna zaroori hai ki: dahej ki jagah dharm–daan (jaise mandir, derasar, upashray, pathshala ka nirmaan) karna Jain drishti se bahut satkarm aur aparigraha–bhavna ka adarsh roop mana jata hai, chahe use kisiko bhi prerit karke kiya ho.