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Hastinapura - Here the four auspicious events in the life of Bhagavāna śāntinātha, Kunthunātha and Aranātha were celebrated.
Mithilapuri - Here the four auspicious events in the life of Bhagavāna Mallinātha and Naminātha were celebrated.
Rājagrha -- Here the four auspicious events in the life of Bhagavāna Munisuvratanātha were celebrated.
Śaurīpura - Here the auspicious events of descent and birth of Bhagavāna Neminātha were celebrated. Those of initiation and omniscience were celebrated at Giranāra hills.
Ahicchatra -- Here the auspicious events of initiation and omniscience of Bhagavāna Pārsvanātha were celebrated.
Kundalapura - The auspicious events of descent, birth and initiation of Bhagavāna Mahāvīra were celebrated in Kundagrāma in Vaiśālī and he became omniscient at Jşmbhika village.
KALĀ TĪRTHA -
There are many places, which are neither Siddha Kśetras nor Kalyāṇaka Kśetras or Atiśaya Kśetras, but still they are believed to be pilgrimage centers because of their artistic, archaeological, and historical importance. This shows that the Jain society gives the same importance to its heritage of art and archaeology that it gives to its pilgrimage centers. Besides this, Jain society takes special interest in preserving Jain archaeology and artifacts. For this it has collected ancient idols and other pieces of art scattered all around. At many places well-organized museums have come up. It is this desire for preservation of its archaeological heritage that it has given the lofty status of pilgrimage centers to the places of archaeological importance. It reveals the cultural bent of mind of Jain society. Such pilgrimage centers can be classified as Kalā Tīrthas. Some places have been accepted as pilgrimage centers because of a towering idol installed there, or its unique construction.
Jain Museums and other archaeological collections - The following are the places where ancient idols have been collected -
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