- List of Jain temples
=Holy sites=
Jain Temples in India
There are many Jain
tirtha (pilgrimage sites) throughout India.
*Hastinapur , holy destination comprising of a collection of temples and pilgrimage locations
*Shikharji , also known as Parshvanathji or Sammet Sikhar and located inGiridih district inJharkhand state, is considered the most sacred pilgrimage site. Parshvanath Hill is about convert|4481|ft|m high, and twentyTirthankaras attainedNirvana here. [http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfile13333/Parashnathji.htm GoogleEarthLocation]
*Shravanabelagola , a monumental statue of Saint Gomateshwar inHassan District,Karnataka .
*Moodabidri , Thousand Pillars Temple (saavira kamba basadi)Dakshina Kannada district,Karnataka .
*Karkala , 1.Hiriyangadi Basadi 2.Chathurmukha Basadi 3.Padmavathi Kere Basadi inUdupi district,Karnataka . The famous single stone 42-feet (13 m) statue Gomateshwara (Lord Bahubali) is located about 1 km from the center of the town and is the second tallest in Karnataka . Vaaranga - This is an important Jain centre. The kere basadi is located in midst of a lake. There are many other basadis too.
*Venur , a 35-feet Gomateshwara inDakshina Kannada District,Karnataka .
* Golden Temple, the first Jain Temple in India to be covered by gold.Falna ,Rajasthan
*Dilwada Temples , complex of white marble Jain temples onMount Abu ,Rajasthan .
*Palitana , most visited Jain temple inGujarat .
*Girnar hills a city of Jaina temples inGujarat .
*Vataman , (betweenAhmedabad andPalitana ) with a beautiful BhagwanAdinath "derasar"
*Bawangaja , a complex of Jain temples and monumental statues inBarwani District,Madhya Pradesh .
*Gwalior 's fort is home to dozens of Jain rock-cut sculptures.
*Sonagiri , about 60 km from Gwalior, has scores of temples on little hills.
*Bajrangadh ,Atisaya-kshetra inGuna district inMadhya Pradesh ,India
* Ranakpur Temples, extensive complex of white marble Jain temples inRanakpur ,Rajasthan .
*Nakoda Parshvanâtha Jain temple is a holy place of the Jains near Barmer,Rajasthan
*Kundalpur , Siddha-kshetra with 63 temples, is famous for a beautiful statue ofBade Baba inDamoh district inMadhya Pradesh ,India
* Shri Mahavirji/Chandanpur , inSawai Madhopur district inRajasthan ,India has a 78 cm high copper-colored idol of Mahavira in the Padmasana posture. About 175 km away fromJaipur , it is the most visited temple inRajasthan .
*Tijara /Dehra ,Atisaya-kshetra , inAlwar district inRajasthan ,India , where the principal Tirthankara is BhagwanChandraprabha , is about 110 km away fromDelhi .
*Ananthanâtha Swami Temple (also known as the Puliyarmala Jain Temple} in Puliyarmala, outside ofKalpetta inWayanad district ,Kerala .
* Nageshwar Parshavanâtha Tirtha Near Ratlam MadhyaPradesh has a very big idol of Tirthankara Parshavanath.
* Mohankheda Tirtha Near Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh) is very famous. It is the Swargarohan Place of Rajenedrasuri Maharaj.
*Shri Shankeshwar Tirtha , In the year 1155 of the Vikrama era, Sajjan Shah built the Shankheshvar temple on the banks of the Rupen river, Viramgam inGujarat .
* [http://pragyasagar.com/Tirth/RajgrihaJainTemples.htm Rajgir Jain Temple has a ancient history from period of Ramayana & Buddha]
*Shri Digamber Jain Mandir Patiala Shri 1008 Lord Mahavir Digamber Jain Shikhar Band Mandir is located at Baba Deep Singh Nagar, Badi Nadi Pul, Patiala.-Patiala .
* Jain Temples ofTamil Nadu : * Adambakkam, Chennai Dt. (New) * Agalur, Vizhupuram Dt. (Old) * Alagramam, Vizhupuram Dt. (Old) * Arani, Thiruvannamalai Dt. (Old) * Arpaakkam, Kanchipuram Dt. (Old) * Ayalavadi, Thiruvannamalai Dt. (New) * Cheyyar, Thiruvannamalai Dt. (New) * Deepangudi, Nagapatinam Dt. (Old) * Easaakolathur, Thiruvannamalai Dt. (Old) * Erumbur, Thiruvannamalai Dt.(Old) * George Town, Chennai Dt. (New) * Kannalam, Thiruvannamalai Dt. (Old) * Karanthai, Kanchipuram Dt. (Old) * Karanthai, Thanjavur Dt. (Old) * Kolathur, Chennai Dt. (New) * Kumbakonam, Thanjavur Dt. (Old) * Mannargudi, Nagapatinam Dt. (Old) * Melmalayanur, Villupuram Dt. (Old) * Mettu Street, Kanchipuram (New) * Mudalur, Thiruvannamalai Dt(Old) * Nallur, Thiruvannamalai Dt(Old) * Nanganallur, Chennai Dt. (New) * Perani, Vizhupuram Dt. (Old) * Perumandur, Vizhupuram Dt. (Old) * Ponnur Malai, Thiruvannamalai Dt. (Old) * Puzhal, Chennai Dt. (New) * Renderipet, Thiruvannamalai Dt. (New) * Sathuvachari, Vellore Dt. (New) * Sevur, Vellore Dt. (Old) * Sithamur, Vizhupuram Dt. (Old) * Somaasipadi, Thiruvannamalai (New) * Thirunarunkundram, Vizhupuram Dt. (Old) * Thiruparuthikundram, Kanchipuram Dt. (Old) * Thirupanamoor, Kanchipuram Dt. (Old) * Thachambadi, Thiruvannamalai Dt. (Old) * Thatchur, Thiruvannamalai Dt. (Old) * Thazanur, Thiruvannamalai Dt. (Old) * Thirumalai, Thiruvannamalai Dt. (Old) * Thiruvannamalai, Thiruvannamalai Dt. (New) * Thondur, Vizhupuram Dt. (Old) * Tindivanam, Villupuram Dt (New) * Valathi/Valathy, Vizhupuram Dt. (Old) * Vandavasi, Thiruvannamalai Dt. (Old) * Veedur, Vizhupuram Dt. (Old) * Veeranamur, Vizhupuram Dt. (Old) * Vellimedupettai, Vizhupuram Dt. (Old) * Venbakkam, Kanchipuram Dt. (Old) * Vizhukkam, Vizhupuram Dt. (Old)Jain Temples outside India
There are several Jain derasar (also known as jinalaya) established in various cities outside of India:
* The Oshwal Centre located in Potters Bar, UK. The temple is surrounded by landscaped gardens, statues of the 24Tirthankara , and 54 Otla representing the villages in India that theVisa Oshwal community originated from.
* The Oshwal Mahajanwadi located in Nairobi, Kenya. The temple houses statues of 9 of the 24Tirthankara .
* TheSiddhachalam temple is located in New Jersey, USA.
* The Jain temple in Leicester (UK)
* The Jain temples at Harrow and at Kenton (UK)
* Twenty Jain temples in the USA: at Houston (Texas), Cincinnati (Ohio), Milpitas (California), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Essex falls ( New Jersey), Silver Spring (Washington DC), Bartlett (Chicago) etc.
* The Jain temple in Kobe (Japan)
* The Jain temple in Kathmandu (Nepal)ee also
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