Anandji Kalyanji Trust is the largest and the oldest Jain trust, managed by lay Jain with headquarters at Ahmedabad which manages more than 1200 Jain temples. The original charitable trust is said to have been founded somewhere in decades of 1630–40 AD and is running under name Anandji Kalyanji ni Pedhi or Anandji Kalyanji Trust since decade of 1720. Initially founded to manage the Shatrunjaya Palitana temples, it now manages numerous Jain tirthas and temples belonging to the Shvetambara tradition. It is said to have been founded by Shantidas Zaveri and its leadership has been in the same family for generations, those who have been the Nagar-sheths of Ahmedabad.