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Neminath lived 81,000 years before the 23rd Tirthankar Parshvanath. According to traditional accounts, he was born to King Samudravijaya and Queen Shivadevi of the Yadu dynasty in the north Indian city of Sauripura. His birth date was the fifth day of Shravan Shukla of the Jain calendar.
The central temple is the largest temple of the Jain temples on Girnar, standing in a quadrangular paved courtyard that measures 190 to 195 feet (58 to 59 m) in length and 130 feet (40 m) in width. [ 7 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The courtyard is bordered by 67 cells, each of which enshrine a marble idol with a cloister in front of them onto a bench.
Girnar was anciently called Raivata or Ujjayanta, sacred amongst the Jains to Neminath, the 22nd Tirthankara, and a place of pilgrimage since before 250 BCE. [2]Situated on the first plateau of Mount Girnar at the height of about 3800 steps, at an altitude of 2370 ft above Junagadh, still some 600 ft below the first summit of Girnar, there are Jain temples with marvelous carvings in marble.
Naminatha was born on the 8th day of Shravan Krishna of the lunisolar Jain calendar. He attained Kevala Jnana under a Bakula tree. He had 17 Ganadhara, Suprabha being the leader. [6] According to Jain tradition, he liberated his soul by destroying all of his karma and attained Moksha from Sammed Shikhar nearly 571,750 years before Neminatha. [7]
Girnar Jain temples are a group of Śvetāmbara Jain temples and one Digambara temple atop Mount Girnar. Neminatha, the 22nd Tirthankara had renounced the world and become an ascetic, and then attained omniscience and liberation, all atop this mountain. Therefore, the hill is sacred to both the sects of Jainism. [23] [24]
[3] [4] These five Jain temples were constructed from 1062 to 1231 CE: [5] [6] Mahavira temple was built in 1062. This is the earliest Jain temple. Shantinath temple was built in 1082. Parshvanath temple was built in 1094 by the Chalukyan king Jayasimha Siddharaja. Neminath temple was built a little later in 1136 during the reign of Jayasimha ...
The other idols of Bhagwan Adinath, Sambhavnath and Neminath are also installed here. The huge spired temple is built near Bhonyara and it is 65 feet high. This temple was constructed in dense forest. Built in 18th century, this temple is quite artistic. There is one small temple near the spired temple.
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