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is the place where the famous Parasuram exterminated the Kshatriyas 21 times. Hastinapur was the capital of the Pandavas and Kauravas of the Mahabharat. After the great battle of Mahabharat this great capital became deserted and fell into ruins. With the advent of British rule it became the hunting ground for Europeans and a haunting place for wild animals (excluding the Temple area,) but India cannot forget her historic capital and in particular Jains cannot forget the seat of its great teachers. In the 13th Century the great Jain Saint Jinaprabha Suri visited this place with a big party of Jains and renovated the Jain shrines. In his book Vividhatirth-Kalpa (V. S. 1466), mentioned that there were 4 beautiful temples of :
(1) Shri Shantinath, (2) Shri Kunthunath, (3) Shri Arnath, and
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
www.umaragyanbhandar.com
