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do not worship the stone, silver, gold or diamond of which the Images of Jinas are made. They worship the qualities of Total Renunciation of the World, the Acquisition of undisturbable Harmony with the Infinite, and the Identity of the Liberated Soul with Peace everlasting, which these Images represent.
The itinerary of any Jain Pilgrim includes places where the Jinas (Tirthankaras) attained Moksha and became Siddhas. There are five such places associated with twentyfour Tirthankaras. Mt. Kailas (Astapada) is associated with Rishabha the first Tirthankara Sammeta Shikharji (Mt, Parasnath), is associated with twenty other Jinas; Champapuri is associated with Vasupujya the twelfth Tirthankara; Mt. Girnar is associated with Nemi the twentysecond Tirthankara; and Pawapuri is associated with Mahavira the last of the twentyfour Jinas or Tirthankaras. Lord Mahavira attained Nirvana at Pawapuri in 527 B C.
Pilgrims also visit places considered holy because of their association with various events in the lives of the Jinas. Rajagriha the Tirth of five Hills, is famous because Lord Mahavir's Samavasarana (the assemblage
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