All India Jain Temples and Tourist Places

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

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100. VERAWAL SOMANATH :(83 kms from Junagad)
Somanath temple on sea shore is a very famous Hindu pilgrimage centre. Though the temple was repeatedly looted and demolished by Muslim invasion it was newly constructed in 1947 after our independence. 101.SONAGAD:(28 kms from Bhavnagar and 22 kms from Palitana)
This is a small village. Due to Sri Kanaji Swamiji this has become a very important pilgrimage centre. There are many temples here, beautifully constructed in marble.
(1) Mahavira Kunda Kunda digambar jain paramagam Mandir, is a very big temple constructed in marble. On the walls inside this mandir 448 shlokas of Acharya Kunda Kunda's Samayasara, Niyamsara, Prạvachanasar, Panchasthikaya and Asta Pahuda scriptures have been engraved and gold tinted. The other temples are (2) Seemandhar swamy mandir (3) Samavasaran mandir (4) Swadyay mandir where Sri Swamiji used to give discourses. (5) Panchameru Nandiswar temple (6) Sri Kanaji swamiji's samadhi (7) Champabahanji's Samadhi (8) Sri Kanajiswamiji's museum.
Dharmashala : Sri Kanaji Swamy Athithi gruha
Diagambar Jain Dharmashala, Sonagad, Bavanagar Dist. 102. PALITANA :( Sathrunjaya Hills, 29 kms from Bhavanagar, Siddakshetra)
Three Pandavas (Dharmaraj, Bhim and Arjun) and as many as 8 crore munis took to salvation here. A digambar temple and a dharmashala (Bhairavpur mohalla) are there in the town. There is only one Digambara temple (Lord Shanthinatha) on the hill.
The hill is about 3 kms from the town and tongas are available to reach foot hill. Number of Swethambar Mandirs and Dharmashalas are there along this three km. route. To climb the hill there are combination of road and 3,700 steps. Over the hill there are about 42 jain swethambar temple complex with innumerable number of marble statues constructed over the period of time by many devotees. Many of them are the finest specimen of art. This place is a very important pilgrimage centre for the swethambar jains.
The Adinatha temple at the top constructed by Vimal Shah during 11th Century A.D. has marvellous carvings (Vimal Shah was the minister
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