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_Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth
Nag Kumar & Sagar's sons
King Sagar had sixty thousand sons who went to Mount Ashtapad and prayed to all 24 Tirthankars. In order to protect the temple, they dug a big trench all around the mountain that disturbed the King of serpents who lived there. Nag Kumar Dev was very angry, but when the Princes apologized to Nag Kumar he pardoned them & went away. The princes thought the trench will be filled up over the period, so they decided to fill it up with holy water from the Ganges & disturbed Nag Kumar Dev again, so he came out & burned all 60,000 princes to ashes.
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Ravan & Bali Muni King Ravan was flying over Mount Ashtapad when his Viman suddenly stopped because Ravan had failed to pay respect to a monk named Bali Muni, who was meditating there. This angered Ravan as he remembered his previous revenge. So he decided to uproot the whole mountain and throw it in the ocean along with Bali Muni. With his special Avadhi-Jnan knowledge, Bali knew what Ravan was planning so he held down the mountain by pressing with his toe. Ravan was unable to handle the pressure and begged for forgiveness.
Ravan & Mandodari Bhakti Ravan and his wife Mandodari went to Mount Ashtapad to pray. Mandodari started dancing while Ravan started playing the Veena, a musical instrument. When a string from the Veena accidentally broke, Ravan pulled a vein from his thigh, replaced the broken string, and continued playing the Veena. Afterwards they performed pooja & offered prayers to the idols. Thus Ravan earned Tirthankar Nam-karma, ensuring a place in the future Chovisi.
Rani Veermati While traveling King Mamman and Queen Veermati met a monk named Muniraj who was on his way to Ashtapad Tirth. Since then, Queen Veermati wanted to visit Ashtapad Tirth and pray there. After the Queen completed a long penance, Shasan Devi, a goddess, assisted Veermati to Ashtapad. The Queen prayed to all 24 Tirthankaras and placed a gemstone studded gold tilak on the forehead of all the idols. In a later life, as Queen Damayanti, her forehead was glowing like the ruby tilak that she had previously adorned on all the Tirthankaras. $$ 423 a
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