Digambar Jain Temple Pavapuri
Pawapuri or Pavapuri also called Apapuri is a prominent Sidha Ksetra Jaina Tirtha situated 8 kms from Bihar Sarif and 31 kilometres from Rajgir. By road it is 87 kilometres from Patna. It is located on Bahktiapur Rajgir railway line. Buses and taxies also run from Rajgir to Pawapri.
During ancient times about 2600 year ago, Pawapuri was the part of Magadha Kingdom and was called "Madyama Pawa" or "Apawapuri", Ajatshatru, the son of King Shrenik who was one of the greatest disciples of Lord Mahavira was the King of Magadh during the lifetime of Mahavir. During the reign of Ajatshatru King Hastipal was the King of Pawapuri. When Lord Mahavira came to Pawapuri he stayed in King Hastipal's "Rajikshala".
There are five main temples in Pawapuri - the Jal Mandir, the Gaon Mandir, the Samosaran, the New Samosaran and another temple built by Bibi Mehetab Kumari. Apart from these temples there is a Digambar Jain Mandir near Jal mandir. The Gaon mandir or the village temple marks the spot where Lord Mahavira breathed his last. It is said that this temple was built by King Nandivardhan, elder brother of Lord Mahavira.

Dronagiri Jain Temples
Dronagiri is located 61 km south east of Gwalior, MP on Dehli Mumbui railway route. Flowing down the east-facing slope of a solitary hillock, deep in the central Indian countryside, 84 gleaming white shrines mark the spot where the legendary King Nanganang Kumar, together with five-and-a-half crore of his followers, achieved liberation from the cycle of rebirth.
Siddha Kshetra Drongiri is an ancient Nirvan Kshetra which is proved by ancient literature, ancient cave,ancient Jain temples & art of sculpture. Drongiri is described as Nirvan Kshetra by Shri Pujyapad Swamy in Nirvan Bhakti, by Acharya Harishen in Brihat Katha Kosh and in Nirvan Kand.
The large ancient cave, from which Shri Gurudatta others achieved Moksha (Salvation), was opted for meditation and penance by Charitra Chakravarti Acharya Shri Shanti Sagarji Maharaj in the year V. S. 1929 when he came here. In the story of Gurudatta & other saints, the cave is said to be residence of lions also written in Aradhana Katha Kosh. A pair of foot image of Shri Gurudatta is installed in this cave.

Dilwara Jain Temples Mount Abu
Dilwara Jain Temples are situated in Dilwara village 3 km from Mount Abu, the famous and beautiful hill station of Rajasthan. Dilwara is adorned with beautiful Jain shrines and considered to be one of the wonders of the world. The temples are constructed in 11th and 12th century A.D. are completely made of marble. The Dilwara temples are a composite cluster of 5 temples. Archaeological evidence suggests that Mahavira himself visited the site, making it especially sacred to the Jains as a tirtha. As a temple city it ranks among the finest ones of the Jains.
There are 5 temples in all, each with its own unique identity. Each is named after the small village in which it is located. These are:
1. Vimal Vasahi (Shri Adi Nathji temple) dedicated to the first Jain Tirthankar lord Rishabha.
2. Luna Vasahi (Shri Neminathji temple) dedicated to the 22nd Jain Tirthankar lord Neminatha. |
3. Pithalhar (Shri Rishabha Devji temple) dedicated to the first Jain Tirthankar lord Rishabh.
4. Khartar Vasahi (Shri Parshva Nathji temple) dedicated to the 23rd Jain Tirthankar lord Parshva.
5 Mahavir Swami (Shri Mahavir Swamiji temple) dedicated to the last Jain Tirthankar lord Mahavira
The most famous of these are the Vimal Vasahi and Luna Vasahi temples

Kundalpur Digambar Jain Atishaya Kshetra, Bihar
Shri Kundalpur Digambar Jain Atishaya Kshetra,Bihar 4km from Nalanda, 15 km from Rajgir, 15 km from Bihar Sharif , 75 km from Gaya and 100 km from Patna, There nearest airport are at Patna, Bodha Gaya.
Kundalpur is the birth place of Bgagwan Mahavira. It is known as the sacred place of Bhagwan Mahavira’s Garbha, Janma and Tapa Kalyanaka. Janmotsava of Bhagwan Mahavira (Annual Fair) held every year from Chaitra Shukla 12 to 14.
At Shri Kundalpur Digambar Jain Atishaya Kshetra, Bihar there is a magnificent temple of Bhagan mahavira with beautiful spires. In the temple a white coloured 4½ feet high Bhagwan Mahaveer’s Padmasana idol is installed. There is an ancient umbrella, out side the temple where foot images of Bhagwan are installed.
Kirti Stambha: An other temples, a big magnificent temple Keerti Stambha located near the main temple where 8 idols of Bhagwan Mahaveer are installed. In this temple a beautiful picturization of 16 dreams seen by Mother Trishala, the mother of Bhagwan Mahavira and foot images of her installed.
In an umbrella, foot images of Gautam Ganadhara – the chief Ganadhara of Bhagwan Mahaveer are also installed. Foot images of Acharya Bhatta Akalanka Dev are also installed here. There is an art gallery of pictures and photos related to Bhagwan Mahaveer is also situated here.

Shree MahavirJi, Sawaimadhopur
Mahavirji is located in the Chandanpur village on the bank of the Gambhir river in Sawaimadhopur , Rajasthan. It is at a distance of 175 kilometers from Agra, 140 km from Jaipur and nearly 300 km from Delhi. The nearest railway station is, Mahavirji (Chandanpur), 7 kilometers away from this thirth. Bus service, and private vehicles from every tirth and major cities like jaipur, kota, sawaimadhopur to this place are available. Shree Digamber Jain Atishay Kshetra,Shree Mahavir Ji is one the most popular Jain pilgrimages in Rajasthan. The white marble temple of Shri Mahavirji is situated on the banks of the river Gambhir.
In the main shrine, the miraculous idol of Bhagwan Mahavir ji in Padmasana posture, coral colored made of sand stone is installed with Bhagwan Pushp Danta in right side and Bhagwan Adinath’s idol in left side. The interior walls of the temple are also richly decorated with beautiful carvings. The temple is decorated with three sky-high pinnacles. The temple is surrounded by several Dharmashalas. The entrance gate of main temple is magnificent. In the front of main gate of temple a 52 feet high Manstambha (Column of dignity) is standing. On the top of it four beautiful and attractive idols of Tirthankaras are installed in all directions.
The annual Mahavirji fair is held here from the thirteenth day of the bright half of the month of Chaitra to the first day of the dark half of the month of Vaishakh. The fair begins when the image of the deity is taken to the bank of river Gambhiri in a grand procession for Kalash Abhishek in a golden chariot (rath) drawn by bullocks.

Shravanabelagola Gomateshwara, Karnataka
Shravanabelagola is located 51 km south east of Hassan in Karnataka at an Altitude of about 3350 feet above sea level. There are excellent roads from Bangalor and Mysore. The nearest airport is Banglore which at a distance of 157 km. and the nearest railway station is Hassan. It is a little township tucked away between Indragiri and Chandragiri hills. The colossal rock cut statue of saint Gommata at Shravanabelagola is the most magnificent among all Jaina works of art. It was built in circa 982 AD and is described as one of the mightiest achievements of ancient Karnataka in the realm of sculptural art. Also referred to as Lord Bahubali, the image is nude an stands upright in the posture of meditation known as kayotsarga, reaching a height of nearly 57 ft atop the Vindyagiri of Doddabetta hills accessible through a flight of 500 steps.
The image of Gommata has curly hair in ringlets and long, large ears. His eyes are open as if viewing the world with detachment. His facial features are perfectly chiseled with a faint touch of a smile at the corner of his lips and embody calm vitality. His shoulders are broad, his arms stretch straight down and the figure has no support from the thigh upwards.
One of the largest temples in the area is the Chaundarya Basadi dedicated to Neminatha, the 22nd Tirthankara depicted under a seven hooded canopy and flanked by male chauri bearers. This temple is unique in its style. It belongs to the era of the western Gangas and is evolved out of the Chalukyan styles at Badami and Aihole. One the same hill can be seen the Chandraprabha Basadi dedicated to the 8th tirthankara by the same name. It is one of the oldest basadis on the hill and can be assigned to the early 9th century under the reign of Sivamara, a Ganga king.

Sonagiri Jain Temple, Gwaliar
Sonagiri is located Datia 15 km (By Road) 15 km (by Train) from Datia and 45 km (By Road) 48 km (By Train) from Jhansi. For transport a Bus of Sonagiri Kshetra is available at Sonagiri Railway Station. Sonagiri tirth is pure natural environment, hilly and scene of beautiful temples with high spires looks very attractive, pleasing to eyes and mind. Sonagiri is a sacred place popular among devotees and ascetic saints to practice for self discipline, austerity and to attain Nirvana since the time of Bhagwan Chandraprabhu .
The Samavsharan of Bhagwan Chandraprabhu came here for 17 times. Nang, Anang, Chintagati, Poornachand, Ashoksen, Shridatta, Swarnbhadra and many other saints achieved salvation from here. This is the unique place known as Laghu Sammed Shikhar covering the area of 132 acres of two hills. There are 77 beautiful Jain temples with sky high spires, Temple No. 57 is main among them. Acharya Shubh Chandra & Bhartrihari lived and worked here for spiritual achievements. They completed here some texts also.
The main temple is Digambar temple on the top of the hill . This is vast in size, very beautiful, having attractive artistic spire. In this temple principal deity are Lord Chandraprabhu, 11 feet in height and two other beautiful idols of Lord Sheetalnath & Parsvanath are installed.
There is a column of dignity (Manstambh) near temple 43 feet in height and an attractive model of Samavsharan, big in size is also here. More than 77 temples are located on hill. There are 26 temples in the village, most of them are very old. At Kund-Kund Nagar, on 25 feet high plate form, a colossus of Lord Bahubali in standing posture 18 feet in height has been installed, below it a hall is built to practice the meditation.

Digambar Jain Lal Mandir, Delhi
Digambar Jain Lal Mandir is one of the Delhi's oldest temple date back to the time of Aurangzeb's reign. It is situated right opposite the Red Fort, at the entrance of the main road. In the adjoining lies the noisy and chaotic main street of Chandni Chowk.
Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658) once invited several Jain seth to come and settle in the city and granted them some land south of the Chandani Chauk around Dariba Gali. He also permitted them to build a temporary structure to house a Jain temple. The Jain community acquired three marble idols installed by Jivaraj Papriwal under the supervision of Bhattaraka Jinachandra in Samvat 1548 for the temple.The main idol is that of Tirthankara Parshva.
The Architecture of the temple boast detailed carvings, and decorative paintwork in the ante-chambers that surrounding the main shrine to the Parshvanath, the twenty-third tirthankara.
The Digambar Jain Temple popularly known as Lal Mandir is the oldest temple of digambar Jain religion in Delhi built in 1656 by red sandstone. This temple has undergone many alterations and additions in the past and was enlarged in the early 19th century.
In 1800-1807, Raja Harsukh Rai, the imperial treasurer obtained imperial permission to build a temple with a shikhara in the Agrawal Jain neighborhood of Dharamapura, just south of Chandani Chauk. Thus temple, known for fine carvings, is now known as the Naya Mandir "New Temple".

Shri Digamber Jain Siddha Kshetra Chulgiri, M.P.
Shri Digamber Jain Siddha Kshetra Chulgiri (Bawangaja) is situated at Bawangaja, Post – Badwani (M.P.). Bawangaja is near to Badwani 8 km away and from Indore it is 160 km, from Khandwa 188 km and from Baroda 270 km.
Siddha Kshetra Chulgiri is situated in the laps of Satpura mountain range. Chulgiri is world famous for its huge magnificent 84 feet high Khadgasana idol of Bhagwan Adinath. The Chulgiri Kshetra is situated on highest peak of Satpura Mountain range. Because of presence of biggest idol this Teerth Kshetra has become exquisite. This Chulgiri Kshetra is about 2000 or more years ancient. The main temple of this Kshetra was constructed in the 12th century. The nearby 10 temples were constructed in the 15th century by the percept of Bhattarak Ratnakirti. According to one inscription found here the main temple was constructed in Samvat 1223.
The huge magnificent tallest 84 feet high Khadgasan idol of Bhagwan Adinath made in brown stone is the main diety on Chulgiri Siddha Kshetra. It is made by cutting rock of one single mountain only. The idol of Bhagwan Adinath (Rishabhdev) stands on base of mountain just like the idol of ‘Gomteshwar Bahubali’ of Shravanbelgola.
The Chulgiri temple is also situated on the Hilltop and this temple is also called as Siddha Bhoomi. The Indrajeet, Kumbhakaran and various other scholars attained emancipation through the self-meditation. This is ancient and spired temple whose construction and restoration according to inscription was done in Samvat 1116, 1223 & 1508. The three ancient foot images of Indrajeet, Kumbhakaran and the other are present in this temple. Two idols of Bhagwan Mallinath and Chandraprabhu are installed in the main alter. Several idols are also installed on both sides in the Mahamandap.

Atishya Tijaraji Tirth, Rajasthan
Atishya Tijaraji Tirth is a prominent Sidha Ksetra Jaina Tirtha is situated on Delhi-Jaipur National Highway, 90 km from the western part of new Delhi.
Flowing down the east-facing slope of a solitary hillock, deep in the central Indian countryside, 84 gleaming white shrines mark the spot where the legendary King Nanganang Kumar, together with five-and-a-half crore of his followers, achieved liberation from the cycle of rebirth.
Today the site, sacred to Digambar ("Sky-clad") Jains, makes an atmospheric pause for a couple of hours en route to one of the nearby cities.
Crowning the summit of Tijaraji , the main temple houses a colossal tirthankara icon, while below it, a ceramic scale model of Mount Meru, the axial mountain said by Jains to support the cosmos, looks out over the cascade of whitewashed spires and fluttering yellow pennants to the distant plains.
Old Digambar monks conduct religious discussions with pilgrims in the courtyard, their distinctive yellow wooden water pots (dariyes) and peacock-feather whisks beside them. For most of the year, these ascetics wander naked around the country, returning to monasteries for a few months to give and receive teachings. More secular Jains notch up credits on the cosmic balance sheet by making gifts to religious establishments instead - as evidenced by the dozens of donators plaques set in the marble walkway leading up the hill.

Khajuraho Jain Temple, M.P.
Shri Digamber Atishay Kshetra, Khajuraho is located at Village Khajuraho, Taluka Rajnagar, District Chatarpur (M. P.). Khajuraho is 60 km from Mahoba, 152 km from Satna and 13 km from Jhansi. Road from Satna to Khajuraho, passes through rivers and valleys, full of very beautiful natural scenario. Khajuraho has been recognized by UNESCO as a place of world heritage on account of its magnificent temples.
The temples of Khajuraho are generally divided into three groups: Western, Eastern and Northern. The Eastern group mainly consisting of Jain temples. There are 34 (Thirty Four) Jain Temples in total. But from architectural point of view the Parsvanath, the Adinath and the Shantinath temples are relatively more important and noteworthy. These temples are unique examples of religious harmony and spirit of accommodation.
The Shantinath Temple is famous for its 14 feet high standing idol, the 16th jain tirthankar. According to an inscription on it, it is installed in Vikrama-Samvat 1085 (1028 AD). This idol is full of miracle. About 400 years ago, while invaders (idol breakers) came here and applied hammer to the little finger to break the idol, flow of milk started from it and at the same time dense flock of honey bees attached on invaders and pushed them to run away. Desires of devotees are fulfilled here after prayer and worship full of faith. Khajuraho Jain temple Shri 1008 Lord Shantinath temple is the main temple with 4 ft. high colossus in the standing posture, the highest idol of all idols (deity images) of Khajuraho.
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Navagarh Jain Temple, Maharashtra
Shri Neminath Digamber Jain Atishaya Kshetra, Navagarh is located in village Pimpari (Deshmukh), District – Parabhani (Maharashtra). ‘Parabhani’ Railway Station is situated on Hyderabad -Mumbai Main line. It is 200 km from Aurangabad city. The nearest cities are Parabhani 18 km and Nanded 70 km.
Shri Neminath Digamber Jain Atishaya Kshetra, Navagarh is famous for its ancient idol of Bhagwan Neminath. Previously this temple was situated in Ukhlad village at the bank of river Purna. Due to floods the original temple was destroyed but the ancient miraculous and artistic idol of Bhagwan Neminath remained safe.
A magnificent huge temple having spire was constructed in year 1931, in campus area of Navagarh and the artistic idol of Bhagwan Neminath was installed in this temple. The Nizam government at that time allotrd 10 acres of land for this temple. Shri Neminath Digamber Jain temple Navagarh is a miraculous place with very artistic, huge and very high spire. A very beautiful 3.5 feet high black stoned and miraculous idol of principal deity Bhagwan Neminath in Ardha-Padmasana posture is installed in this temple. This idol is artistically carved in a stone slab. It is said that ‘Paras Mani’ is studded in great toe of principal deity Bhagwan Neminath’s idol. The inside portion of sanctum of temple is mirror studded and is very beautiful. A 2.5 feet high black stoned beautiful idol of Bhagwan Parshvanath in Padmasana posture is installed in the upper portion of the main temple.