All India Jain Temples and Tourist Places

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

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Digambar jain Mandir has beautiful wood carvings and marvellous statues of Parshwanatha and Padmavathi devi. (3) Sri Mulasangha Chandranatha swamy Balathkargana Jain Mandir has many jaina manuscripts.
On the outskirts of the city, Brahmacharya Ashram Gurukul is there. This houses a museum having many old statues and a mandir. 182. BADAUNA RAMANATH :( 83 kms from Karanja, Atishaya Kshetra)
The mandir in this village has Adinatha Swamy as main deity. The idol was excavated from earth.
A Dharmashala is here with good facilities. 183. MUKTAGIRI : (66 kms from Amaravati, Siddakshetra)
The environment is very beautiful. There are about 52 jain mandirs over the hill. 342 crore munis had attained moksha here. Hence it is called as Muktagiri. Sri Parshwanatha digambar jain mandir is a big temple. The main deity is Lord Parshwanatha a black stone statue which is 41/2 feet in height. 7 feet tall Shanthinatha and Kunthunatha statues are also there.
Adinatha and Mahavira mandirs are there at the foot of the hill. Dharmashala is also located here.
Annual Mela takes place in Karthika purnima. 184. RAMTEK:(48 kms from Nagapur, Atishaya Kshetra)
Sri Digambar Shanthinatha Athishaya Kshetra is located at 2kms from bus stand. There are about 15 mandirs in an enclosure. The main temple belongs to Lord Shanthinatha in standing posture. It is 13 feet tall and is very beautiful.
It is believed that Sri Rama visited this place.
There is a Dharmashala 185. NAGAPUR : ( 861 kms to Mumbai)
This is one of the important cities of Maharashtra and is famous for oranges.
There are about 12 jain temples here.
Dharmashala (1) Ithvar Senagan Mandir and Dharmashala (2) Sri Paramanand Dharmashala Seshimoli, Nagapur. (3) Digambar Jain Dharmashala Itwari, Nagapur.
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