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Station, and approachablc of good motorable Toads, these two bills attract thousands of visitors every year. There are some more than thirty important caves built for the retreats of the Jain ascetics, on the top of these bills. There are two Jain temples of modern construction on the top of Khandagiri. In the central temple a poble image of Risabhanatha is worshiped. In the other side of temple there is a huge structure of nude Parswanath in black stone which is recently installed, Jain devotees from different parts of India and other visitors from all over the world frequent this place to have a sight of the ancient place of glory of Jainism. The sanctity and seclusion of the place is entirely lost at present due to connecting motor roads and frequent haunt of visitors.
The second famous Jain shrine of Digambar Jains is at Cuttack. There are some images of Jain Tirthankaras including Risabhanath and Parswanath. Most of the images belong to medieval age. The Jains dwelling in the city and other devotees in different places frequent the temple. A JainNibas is newly constructed there in the temple terrace to accomodate casual visitors.
Besides these there were many Jain shrines in different parts of Orissa which are demolished, transformed and often become extenct in course of time. Jain images traced from different parts of Orissa bears testimony of this.
Impact of Jainism on the life and culture of the people of Orissa :
As Jainism one day reached its apex in this land, it is very natural and reasonable that some of its customs and practice must have influenced the other creeds and the society which were living closely. The Jain customs and practices are so inextricably and homogeneously intermixed with the life and culture of Orissian People that it seems a very hard and formidable task to trace and detect them. A careful scrutiny is sure to reveal that some festivals and customs of Orissa have their Jain origin. Most probably Snanajatra of Jagaopatha and Sivachaturdasi had their Jain origin. Dr. L. N. Sahu bas shown that the Baula story and Padmatola song
| SR No. | 010092 |
| Book Title | Jain Darshan aur Sanskruti Parishad |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Mohanlal Banthia |
| Publisher | Mohanlal Banthiya |
| Publication Year | 1964 |
| Total Pages | 263 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 9 MB |