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Steps for going up start from Ägam Mandir. While beginning to climb, the pilgrims bow to the hill at Jai Taleti, which has been reconstructed in 1970. Taleti means the foot of a hill. For the conventional pilgrimage, it is necessary that the pilgrim should formally pray by reciting Stavans or devotional songs at least at five places. The first such Stavan is usually recited at this Jai Taleti.
Going a little ahead, pilgrims come across, on their left, a complex of temples constructed by Babu Dhanpatsinghji of Calcutta about hundred years before. They are therefore known as Babu temples. The main temple has been dedicated to Lord Rushabhdev and there are templets (This term is used in the sense of mini-temples) on its entire periphery. The complex has also a model of Päväpuri, the place of Lord Mahävir's Nirvän. Facing the complex on the right, there is recently constructed Samavasaran temple that shows replicas of most of the important Tirthas meaning the places of pilgrimage.
Samavasaran Temple SHATRUNJAY -- PAGE 5
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