All India Jain Temples and Tourist Places

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

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consisting of 24 Buddhist monasteries and five temples, some of which are 2,000 years old. They are excavated in a wall of almost perpendicular rock, 259 feet high, sweeping round in a hollow circle and extending a third of mile from east to west. Hewn out of rock richly sculptured and with walls, ceiling and pillar adorned with fresco paintings, this cave-picture gallery is unique in the history of art.
174. AURANGABAD: (376 kms from Mumbai)
This is an important city of Maharashtra. There are four jain temples here. The temple at Saraf Bazar has the main deity Lord Shanthinatha. Aurangabad has four caves and one of the cave has Lord Ananthnatha's statue of 64 feet tall in padmasan posture. Other caves have jain yakshi statues.
Dharmashala Sri Chandrasagar Digambar Jain Dharmashala,
Shahaganj.
Other place to be seen here is Bibi-ka-Maqbara which is designed on the style of Tajmahal.
175. DAULATABAD : ( 13 kms to Aurangabad)
Many jain statues were obtained from the fort here.
The Daulatabad fort and tomb of Mogul King Aurangazeb are the places to be seen here.
176. PAITHAN: (51 kms from Aurangabad, Athishaya Kshetra)
The city has Sri Munisuvrathanatha Digambar Jain Athishaya Kshetra. The main deity is Bhagawan Munisuvratha whose statue is very beautiful.
A Dharmashala is here.
177. NAVAGARH: (Okhalad, 3 kms from Mirkhel station on Manmad - Kachiguda lane, Atishaya Kshetra)
Earlier Sri Digambar Neminatha Athishaya Kshetra was on the banks of river poorna at Okhalad. The floods in the river destroyed the mandir but the statue was safe. Then again the statue was installed in a new mandir at this place, Navagad. The 334 feet height Lord Neminatha statue is in padmasan.
Dharmashala is there in the temple compound. Mela and Rathayatra takes place in Magasuddi.
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