Jain Pilgrimage

Author(s): Hastinapur Jain Shwetambar Tirth Committee
Publisher: Hastinapur Jain Shwetambar Tirth Committee

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place for meditation and retrospection to the minds burdened with the worries of life and din and hustle of this machine age. In the calm and quiet atmosphere one would breathe the pious and elevating air of the sacred teachings of the Great Jain Tirthankaras and get a glimpse of the Indian history from the very dawn of Aryan civilization.
There is a splendid Swetamber temple of the Lord Shantinath, the 16th Tirthankar. It is surrounded by a spacious dharamshala which provides comfortable abode for the pilgrims with all the amenities. Next to that is also another dharamshala. To the north at a distance of about one mile there is a Stupa and foot-prints of Lord Rishaba Dev where he gave up his fast at the hands of Sreyamsa Kumar. This is a beautiful spot surrounded by Palm trees and the journey is pleasant and inspiring.
There is also a very big Digambar Jain temple