 Neminatha is mentioned as the youngest son of king Samudravijaya and queen Shivadevi of the Yadu lineage, born at Sauripura (Dvaraka).He believed to have become fond of animals in his early life due to being in a cattle herding family.Jain legends place him in the Girnar-Kathiawad (in Saurashtra region of modern-day Gujarat).