All India Jain Temples and Tourist Places

Author(s): B C Nagraj
Publisher: ITI Jains Association, Bangalore

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has four Digambara Jain temples and Dharmashala.
Dharmashala : Sri Digambar Jain Mandir and Dharmashala, near to N.H.2 (Chaurasi) Mathura.
Mathura is a famous Hindu piligrimage, where every inch of this place is associated with Sri Krishna's stories. This is the janmabhoomi of Sri Krishna. 10 kms from Mathura is Brindavan a town of temples, which has a series of some of the most magnificient shrines in Northern India. The important temples in Brindavan are 1. Govindji Mandir 2. Gopinath Mandir 3. Radha Vallabh Mandir 4. Sri Rangaji Mandir 5. Radha Govindji Mandir 6. Pagal Baba mandir 7. Sri Radha Gopal mandir 8. Radha Raman mandir 9. Lal Babu mandir 10. Iskon Temple and many more. 6. AGRA: (192 kms from Delhi and 54 kms to Mathura)
There are more than 30 Jain mandirs in Agra. Three of them are important : (1) Bhagwan Shanthinatha Mandir (Roshan Mohalla): The main deity is Lord Shanthinatha in padmasan, The statue black in colour and about 41/2 feet height is very beautiful. Both Digambar and Swethambar sects offer pooja here. Many non-jains also offer pooja here. (2) Chintamani Parshwanatha jain Mandir : (Near Taj Mahal)
A beautiful statue of Lord Parshwanatha in padmasan is the main deity here. It is black in colour and is 224 feet height. (3) Motikatara Panchayati Digambar Bada Mandir :
This is known ‘Bada Mandir' of Agra. The main deity Sambhava Thirthankara is a marble statue of one foot height. This was installed in 1147 A.D. It is believed that Devas will descend to earth and offer pooja to this Lord during nights. A library is here consisting of two thousand manuscripts. About 600 stone and metalic statues are also here.
Dharmashalas : (1) Khandelwal Digambar Jain Dharmashala Kachowda bazar, Belan Ganj, Agra.
(2) Sri Adinath Jain Athithi Gruha, Agra .
When the Mogal King Babur captured Agra in 1526 the famous Kohinoor diamond formed part of his body . Akbar made it as his capital, built the fort and ruled India from within its walls. It was Akbar's grandson Shahjahan who built the world renowed Taj Mahal. The places to be seen here are :