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of Celestials, men and beasts that heard the preachings of Mahavira) was held there. Similarly, the Shatrunjaya Mountain in Saurashtra is holy because Rishabha the first Tirthankara had visited it. It was also here that Bharat, the son of Rishabha, built a magnificent temple. On the slopes of Shatrunjaya millions of Jain Mouks have come to meditate and seek Moksha. The place is considered very sacred. It has more than 800 shrines and 5000 images of the Tirthankaras. Like Shatrunjaya, the twin mountains of Mangi Tungi with their cave temples are revered because from there countless Monks of the Digambara Sect have attained Moksha. In this category the Hill of Muktagiri can also be included. On full-moon day of Kartik, there is a big festival at this Tirtha. Near Muktagiri there is the Tirtha of Antariksha Parshvanatha. It is claimed that here the image of Parshvanatha defies the Law of Gravitation. It is suspended and does not touch its pedestal. At Sravanbelagola, Mysore on Doddabetta or Vindhyagiri there is a collossal image of Bahubali, the son of the first Jina Rishabha. Known as Gomateswara the image (57 feet high) is carved out of single rock and was erected in
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