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destination, has been revived and proved very popular, as it trains pilgrims for the spiritual life and is beneficial to the community.
Table 6.7 Important places of pilgrimage and their significance.
Associations or significance Birthplace of 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 14th jinas
Place Ayodhya (UP) Sravasti (UP) Kausambi (UP) Varanasi (UP)
Birthplace of 3rd jina
Kampilya (UP) Kakandi (Bihar)
Ratnapuri (UP) Hastinapur (UP) Sauripur(UP)
Mathura (UP) Bhadilapur (Orissa) Sonagiri (MP)
Campapur (Bihar) Kundalpur (Bihar)
Sammeta Sikhara
(Bihar)
Pavapuri (Bihar)
Gunava (Bihar) Rajagraha (Bihar)
Kandagiri-Udayagiri
(Orissa)
Satrunjay (Gujarat)
Girnar (Gujarat) Taranga (Gujarat) Sankhesvara (Gujarat) Ranakpur (Rajasthan) Delvara (Rajasthan) Jesalmir (Rajasthan)
Sravanbelgola
(Karnataka)
Mudabidre
(Karnataka)
Birthplace of 6th jina
Birthplace of 7th and 23rd jinas; nearby are birthplaces of 8th and 11th jinas (Candrapuri and Simhapuri)
Birthplace of 13th jina
Birthplace of 9th jina
Birthplace of 15th jina Birthplace of 16th jina
Birthplace of 22nd jina
Place of liberation of last kevali, Jambuswami
Birthplace of 10th jina; nearby Udaygiri cave temples
Site of eighty Jain temples; associated with many who became liberated there
Birthplace of 12th jina
Birthplace of Mahavira, 24th jina
Place of liberation of 20 jinas, including Parsvanatha
Place of liberation of Mahavira
Place of liberation of Gautam
Birthplace of 20th jina; place of first sermon of Mahavira; cave temples over 2,000 years old
Cave temples; place of liberation of many saints
Temple city of over 3,000 shrines; place of liberation of 1st jina and many saints
Place of liberation of 22nd jina and many saints Beautiful temple built by King Kumarpala Large complex of Jain temples
Beautiful temple of over 40,000 square feet Most beautiful carved white marble temple of all Complex of carved temples in yellow sandstone Monolithic statue of Bahubali, 19 metres high
Beautiful complex of carved temples
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