Sacred Places
29 places found
JainismShikharji (Sammed Shikhar)
Madhuban (Giridih district) · India · pilgrimage site
The holiest tirth of the Jain world: twenty of the twenty-four Tirthankaras attained moksha on Parasnath Hill, and pilgrims of both the Digambara and Svetambara traditions walk its 27 km barefoot yatra of 31 tonks, begun in the small hours from Madhuban.
JainismSri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir
Delhi · India · temple
The oldest Digambara Jain Temple in Delhi, its red sandstone spires rising directly across from the Red Fort in Chandni Chowk, known alike for its Tirthankara shrines and its adjoining bird hospital.
JainismTaranga Jain Temple
Taranga · India · temple
A Śvetāmbara and Digambara Jain pilgrimage complex on Taranga hill in Mehsana district, Gujarat, its principal marble Temple raised in 1161 CE for the Solanki king Kumarapala under the guidance of Acharya Hemachandra and dedicated to the second Tirthankara, Lord Ajitnatha.
JainismTirumalai
Tirumalai · India · temple
A Jain cave and Temple complex on a granite hill northwest of Polur in Tamil Nadu, crowned by a sixteen-foot monolithic image of Tirthankara Neminatha, the tallest Jain sculpture in the state.
JainismUdayagiri and Khandagiri Caves
Bhubaneswar · India · temple
Two adjoining hills on the edge of Bhubaneswar, honeycombed with rock-cut cells that first sheltered Jain ascetics in the first century BCE, with an active Jain Temple still standing at Khandagiri's summit above the older caves of Udayagiri.