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JAIN PLACES OF PILGRIMAGE. from time to time go there, find at proper season of the year, the lake decked with lotuses and the picturesque temple standing in the middle with its dazzling whiteness and the hills of Rajgir at a distance as a suitable back-ground with tall Tai trees scattered here and there all over the country. There is another ancient temple known as Gaon Mandir.
It has now been ascertained from the inscription (Prashasti) that the old temple was repaired during the reign of Emperor Shah Jahan in 1641 A.D. There is another temple known as Samosaran. This word 'Sainosaran' is not a corruption of "Sravansala' as suggested by Sir A. Cunningham in his Reports Vol. XI. p, 171; but it is a noun from the verb 'Samavasarati' 'to present one's-self". The tradition is that the place where a Tirthankar presents himself to preach his sermons, people sit in concentric circles around. It is also said that this whole arrangement is made by gods who also used to attend His lectures.
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