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the temple. The present temple was been inaugurated in 1954 A.D. There is a big inn for the pilgrims to stay and dine. Shri Swarngiri Tirth: This is a very old place of pilgrimage and it is on a small mountain called Swarngiri near Jhalore Railway station. There are 13 other temples at the root of the mountain in the town while on the top there are three old and two new temples in the fort. The temples were used to keep war-weapons before Shri Rajendra Soori came here but the king was impressed by rigorous penance, firm determination and continuous efforts of Shri Rajendra Sooriji and he handed over these temples to Jain community in 1877. The idols were then installed in these temples with great respect, and the temples were renovated. Palanpur Tirth: This Tirth is called Tungia Pattan also. It is on the side of highway from Alirajpur to Dhar in Madhya Pradesh. One tribal man once got 25 idols from his field and they are said to be as old as 1000 years. There are two temples here and Shri Rajendra Sooriji installed the idol of Godi Parshvanath temple in 1894. Shri Mohankheda Tirth: This pilgrim place is at a distance of one mile in the west of Rajgadh (M.P.) The idol of Lord Shri Adinath was installed in 1884. There is also a shrine of Shri Rajendra Sooriji here. Shri Vijaya Chandra Soori laid foundation stone in 1975 AD for the development and renovation of this pilgrim-place.
Service to Literature: Our ancient teachers cited two ways to make our life a success: to pray for the true knowledge and observation of restraint with all possible efforts and devotion. We have already seen how Shri Rajendra Sooriji maintained restraint and performed rigorous penance. We shall now see the way he worshiped and prayed for knowledge. We have 61 books written by him. They include language grammar, worship, Agam (religious rite), spirituality, prayers, lectures, management, yoga, questions-answers, Mantra-Tantra (recital of religious phrases and thereby get some advantage) and many other subjects. In all 25 books have already been printed before 1957 AD while others are ready for publication.
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Abhidhan Rajendra Kosh: This book in seven parts contains 9200 pages. Totally 60000 words of Prakrit language are arranged in alphabetical order with their exhaustive meanings and explanation. The book provides very great reference on Jainism and includes almost all subjects. The work of this book started in the monsoon of 1890, and was completed in 1903 with the help of several disciples and learned friends. The printing of the book was taken up in 1913 and its last part was published in 1934 from Ratlam. The total expenditure for the task was of Rs. 4.00.000 in those days and Jain community greatly contributed towards this expenditure. Many learned persons not only of India but abroad welcomed this book. His other notable books are:
Prakrut Vyakaran, i.e. Grammar of Prakrut language Kalp Sootrath Prabodhini, Jinopadesh Manjari Prashnottar PushpaVatika Shri TattvaVivek Shri Siddhachakra Pooja Shri Mahavir Panch Kalyanak Pooja. Prabhu Stavan Sudhakar
