Prabuddha Jivan 2017 10 Matrubhasha Gandhiji ane Samprat Samay Visheshank

SR No.: 526111
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sejal Shah
Publisher: Mumbai Jain Yuvak Sangh
Publication Year: 2017
Total Pages: 60
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Prabuddha Jivan, & India
File Size: 11 MB

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Pawapuri temple in Arrah. This temple is a miniature Digambar temples located in Rajgir town, are adorned Pawapuri temple. There is a 40' long bridge with a with ancient and artistic idols, which are worth seeing. width of 4' for reaching the temple. It also has a fine importance of The Place Arra For Jains image of Mahavir Swami.
Arra, situated 61 km from Patna, is another strong There are 52 small Chaityalayas in Nandeswar hold of Jainism in Bihar. Many ancient Jain relics, Dwip Mandir temple. Sahasra Kuta Chaitalya temple artifacts and images excavated around Arra show that is under the Adinath temple in Dhanpura, a suburb of Jainism flourished here as far back as 6th century AD. Arrah town. There are 1000 Jain Arhat images that During the past few decades Jains of Arra have been have been installed in this temple. Jain iconography lavishly religious and because of their efforts this area can be seen here completely. The late Makhanlal Jain now boasts of more than 40 Jain temples, which act had Shri Adinath temple built at Dhanpura with the as magnet for tens of thousands of pilgrims every year. images of Lord Adinath, Parasnath and others. Some of these modern Jain temples are replicas of Panchayati Jain Mandir is the result of the combined ancient Jain temples elsewhere and no expense seems efforts of the Jains of Arrah. One thousand Jain images to have been spared in constructing them. have been carved in one stone piece. Several important Excavations in Nalanda- 90 km form Patna- has relics have been collected and preserved here. Several thrown up many archeological gems, which aptly of Jain pilgrims and non-Jain visit this temple every chronicle this town's historic links with Jainism. Once year.
there had been a monastic university at Nalanda The late Sukhanath Jain constructed Chaubishi Jain
where Lord Mahavira used to teach, however all that temple. There are 24 images of the Tirthankaras
today remains is ruins, which have many stories to which are of similar colour as mentioned in Jain
tell. In Patna there is a Shwetambar temple and five Agams.
Digambar temples. Patna museum is a good place to
find ancient Jain artifacts, relics and images unearthed Importance Of Rajgir In Bihar
in various archeological diggings across Bihar. Apart Rajgir, or Rajgriha, meaning 'royal abode' was the from the Jain temples, there are various other Jain capital of Magadha Empire in 6th century BC. Situated cultural institutions and a library, known as Jain close to Pawapuri and Nalanda, myriad historical Siddhanta Bhawan. This was established in 1905 by reasons make it a holy place of prime importance for Shri Deo Kumar Jain. There are few charitable Jains. Lord Mahavira is believed to have taught here dispensaries, dharamshalas, a Jain High School and a for 14 rainy seasons, many of his earliest disciples died Degree College named after Haraprasad Das Jain. The here; also, Muni Suvarata, the 20th Jain Tirthankara, Jains of Arrah have been able to revive the lost glory was born here. Contemporary Rajgir is a well known of Shahabad district as a centre of Jain pilgrimage. center for Jainism, it lies just north of the ancient site
Patna that spreads over seven barren hills-Vaibhara, Ratna, Saila, Sona, Udaya, Chhatha, and Vipula- surrounding
Kamaldah (Patna City): In the area called Kamaldah a valley: an area that is a virtual treasure trove of
(Gulzarbagh, Patna) is a high mound of brick ruins on earliest Jain holy places. It is littered with ruins of
which two Jain temples stand. There is mausoleum of
Jain saint Sthulbhadra and the temple of Sudarshan ancient temples and caves that offer an amazing insight into the past glories of Jainism. On Ratna hill,
Swami. there are foot-idols of Neminath, Parshvanath Muzaffarpur Abhinandan Swami, Chandraprabha and Shantinath. Kund Gram: As per Jain tradition Lord Mahavira, the At the foot of Vaibhara Hill are Jain temples built 24th Tirthankar, was born at kundagrama and around 22 hot springs (kunds), which function as public Vaniyagrama was his residence. Both the places was baths. Here devotees or tourists can unwind in the hot either part of or near to Vaishali. While the modern emerald-green waters, that constantly bubble and village of Bania can be taken as representing the site sizzle from the bowels of earth. Shwetambar and of ancient Vaniagrama. The location of Kundagrama
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