All India Jain Temples and Tourist Places

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

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263. TIRUPANAMOOR: (19 kms from Kanchipuram, North Arcot Dist.)
The jain temple here is about 500 years old, the presiding deity is Sri 1008 Pushpadanthar. This village is connected with the great Acharya Sri Akalanka, his foot prints located on the bank of local tank. This place is also the birth place of two popular Nirvana Munis, Sri Dharmasagar and Sudharmasagar. 264. ALAGRAMUM: (20 kms south west of Tindivanam, South Arcot Dist.)
This is an ancient jain centre. The temple here has the main deity Sri 1008 Adithirhankara.
A choultry is attached to the temple.
Festivals : Brahmotsava, Akshaya Trithiya, Pongal, Navarathri. 265. MELSITHAMOOR: ( 10 kms form Gingee, South Arcot Dist.)
This is the religious head quarters of Tamil Jains. The religious head Swasthi Sri Lakshimesena Bhattaraka Pattacharyavarya Swamigal heads with a Mutt here. Ancient palm-leaf manuscripts of Prakrit and Sanskrit works are here.
There are two main temples here. The temple of Lord Parshwanatha is 600 years old. There are small group of enclosures where in Yakshi idols are installed.
The Mutt here is headed by Sri Lakshmisena Bhattaraka Swamiji.
Festivals : Brahmotsava in April. This is the only jain place where a car festival is celebrated in Tamil nadu. 266. PERAMUNDUR : (20 kms from Tindivanam, South Arcot Dist.)
There are two jain temples in this village. One belonging to 11th century A.D. and the other one is 200 years old. The presiding deities are Sri Chandraparabha and Sri Rishabadeva.
Festival : Akshaya Trithiya. 267. THIRUNARUNG KONDAI : (250 kms from Chennai on the Chennai - Tiruchi road, South Arcot Dist.)
This kshetra is one of the ancient centre of Jainism. Here flourished a jaina sangha called 'Veera Sangha” under the leadership of Sri Gunadhara Muni. Over the hillock, a cave temple of great antiquity
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