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Their Temples and Sacred Places : 103 Mahalaka, near Meerut, a Digambara temple, dedicated to Candraprabha (the 8th Tīrthankara),
Mathura, important Jain centre between the IIITM century BC and the XIh century AD, remains of ancient temples, one Śvetāmbara and four Digambara sanctuaries of which one dedicated to Jambū, the third successor of Indrabhūti Gautama. There is also the 'Deva Stūpa', one of the oldest monuments of India. It is in this city that Skandila convened a council, about 340 AD for the recension of the Svetāmbara canon. One can admire a beautiful statue of Pārśva in the “Government Museum”,
Modinagar, a Digambara temple with some beautiful statues, especially of śānti and Ādinātha,
Ratnapur in Faizabad district, the place where Dharma (the 15th Tīrthankara) was born, Śvetāmbara and Digambara temples and a “dharmaśālā",
Sarnath, at 10 kms east of Varanasi (Benaras), in the “Deer Park”, a Jain temple dedicated to Śreyārša (the 11th Tīrthankara) who attained his liberation here,
Shauripur, at 75 kms from Agra, birthplace of Nemi (the 22" Tīrthankara), a beautiful Digambara temple, restored in 1981, with a remarkable black statue of him, a śvetāmbara temple and a "dharmaśālā",
Shravasti, in Baharaich district, supposed birthplace of Sambhava (the 3rd Tirthankara) and visited several times by Mahāvīra, two Jain temples, one modern and one in ruins,
Sironji, near Lalitpur, a great Jain temple, surrounded by walls, dedicated to śānti and a row of beheaded but skilfully sculpted statues of Jina on pedestals. Hundreds of Jain statues of ancient period exist here.
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