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Atop Girnar's highest peak, reached by a 10,000-step climb, is a temple managed by devotees of Dattatreya. [49] This temple, in renowned archaeologist James Burgess's works, is said to have had Lord Neminath's sacred footprints and that it was administered by a naked ascetic, implying that it was originally a Jain temple. [50]
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.
English: This is the plan of the largest temple on Mount Girnar, dedicated to the Tirthankara Neminatha. The temple opens to the east. It features a Nagara style shikara with an amalaka and kalasa on the top. The temple has many secondary shrines (as seen on the plan) with Jain deities.
Pilgrims on Girnar Parikrama. Lili Parikrama or Girnar Parikrama is a seven-day festival held at Mount Girnar in Junagadh district of Gujarat, India. The pilgrimage involves a climb of 10,000 steps to reach the top to the sacred Mount Girnar venerated by both Hindus and Jains. The Jains call it Mount Girnar. Devotees from all over the country ...
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.
The steps for going up the Girnar hills start near Damodar Kund. At the foothills of Ashwatthama Hill in Girnar mountain range base, southerly to Damodara Kund is the Damodar Hari Temple. The idols here are supposed to have been installed by Vajranabha, the grandson of Lord Shri Krishna, the one who also is credited with Dwarkadhish Temple and ...
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This temple is one of 16 found on a ledge on Girnar hill. These temples are about 600 feet above ground, on the way to monuments on the summit which is about 3000 feet above sea level. The temple's architectural plan follows the square and circle principle found in historic Sanskrit texts.