Jinamanjari 1998 04 No 17

SR No.: 524017
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication
Publication Year: 1998
Total Pages: 96
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, Canada_Jinamanjari, & Canada
File Size: 6 MB

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Birudur is an ancient village located 2 km east of Wandawasi town, and has a Jain population of 100 families. The temple is about 700 years old, and is dedicated to Rṣabha.
Elangadu is about 10 km southwest of Wandawasi. It is a small village with an ancient Jain temple, dedicated to Rṣabha. The temple also houses two metal Jain images of Tirthankara Neminatha and the other is of Dharmadevi. There is an inscription at the bottom of Neminatha image stating that the image belonged to Mylapore. Hence, the image was said to have been carried to this temple when the Jain temple in Mylapore was subsiding in the sea.
There are about 25 Jain families in the village.
Gudaloor is located about 25 km south of Wandawasi, and the temple is dedicated to Tirthankara Kunthu is about 300 years old.
The village was the place where the Pallavas and the Colas met each other in the ancient times, and presently, there are about 30 Jain families in the village.
Kappalur is about 10 km south of Polur, in the main road axis of Tiruvannamalai and Polur. The Jain temple was constructed only in 1968 and is dedicated to Tirthankara Kunthu. The Jain population of the village is only 15 families.
Kattumalayanoor is a village about 16 km east of Tiruvannamalai. There is no Jain temple, but there about 29 Jain families.
Kilnelli is a small village located 12 km northeast of Cheyyar town. There is only one Jain family. This is an ancient village dating back to 700 C.E. with a flourishing Jain population. There is now a dilapidated Jain temple with Tirthankara Mahāvīra, placed on a platform.
Kilpennathur is a small village about 20 km east of Tiruvannamalai,. and has 5 Jain families, but no Jain temple.
Kilsathamangalam village is located 5 km west of Wandawasi. There are 60 Jain families and the temple is very ancient one, estimated at
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