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The temple derives its name from the image of Neminatha in kayotsarga posture standing on a large shankha (conch shell). [64] The unique feature of this temple is a monolithic pillar with the carving of 1008 Tirthankaras known as Sahasrakuta Jinabimba. [67] [68] Adikavi Pampa wrote Ādi purāṇa, seated in this basadi (temple) during 9th ...
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.
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 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.
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]
The Vedanta Society built its first temple, called the Old Temple, in North America in San Francisco in 1905. [Note 1] [1] [2] [3] This temple has evolved into a bona fide Hindu temple. [Note 1] Through the 1930s and 1940s, Vedanta Societies were also established in Boston, Los Angeles, Portland, Providence, Chicago, St. Louis, and Seattle.
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