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for their cremation was a wealthy Jain trader. At that time no one was willing to give a patch of land for this purpose until one Chaudhary Atta agreed to sell a plot on the stipulation that Todar Mal could buy as much space as he could cover with gold coins. Todar Mal produced the coins and bought the land. However, no memorial was raised at this place until has conquest of Sirhind by Banda Singh Bahadur in 1710 and later by Dal Khalsa in 1764. In fact, the credit for searching and locating the exact place goes to Maharaj Karam Singh (1798-1845) of Patiala, and it was goddess Chakreshavari, as says a Jain tradition, who helped the Maharaja in this venture. It is said that the efforts of officials sent out by the Maharaja to locate this place were in vain until goddess Chakreshavari came to one such official in a dream this official or soldier lay down in the precincts of this temple exhausted by his long searching forays in the area. In the dream she told him to go to his Maharaja and ask him to let his white horse loose. The horse will run to the sacred place, but instead of treading on it, it will run around it. The Maharaja, it is said, did the goddess' bidding. The urn containing the ashes was also discovered from the place thus located, and a gurdwara built there in 1843.
An elegant gateway on the roadside, several rooms to lodge the pilgrims and the visiting Jain monks and nuns, and a dispensary have recently been added to the temple. An annual fair, largely attended by Jain ascetics and house holders from different parts of northern India, is held here on the last three days of the light half of the month of Savan (July-August). Mundan, naming and such other auspicious ceremonies are held on the concluding full moon day.
तुम्बे का पात्र मुनिराज के हाथ में जाकर सुपात्र बन जाता है, संगीतज्ञों के द्वारा वांस में जोड़ा जा कर मधुर स्वर का साधन बन जाता है, दोराओं से बंध कर समुद्र या नदी को पार करने का कारण बन जाता है और मदिरा-मांसार्थी लोगों के हाथ जाकर रुधिर या मांस रखने का भाजन बन जाता है। इसी प्रकार मनुष्य सज्जन और दुर्जन की संगति में पड़ कर गुण या अवगुण का पात्र बन जाता है। अतः मनुश्य को सदा अच्छी संगति में ही रहना चाहिये ।
भोगों के भोगने में व्याधियों के होने का, कुल या उसकी वृद्धि होने में नाश होने का, धनसंचय करने में राजा, चोर, अग्नि और सम्बंधियों का मौन रहने में दीनता का, बल-पराक्रम मिलने में दुश्मनों का, सौंदर्य • मिलने में वृद्धावस्था का, सद्गुणी बनने में ईर्ष्यालुओं का और भारीर-संपत्ति मिलने में यमराज का इस प्रकार प्रत्येक वस्तुओं में भय ही भय है। संसार में एक वैराग्य ही ऐसा है कि जिस में किसी का न भय है और न चिन्त। अतः निर्भय वैराग्य मार्ग का आचरण करना ही सुखकारक है।
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