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Palitana has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 57%. In Palitana, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. According to 2011 Census of India, 91.77% of the population was reportedly Hindus with other religious communities making up rest of the population.
The Palitana temples, often known only as Palitana, are a large complex of Jain temples located on Shatrunjaya hills near Palitana in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India.Also known as "Padliptapur of Kathiawad" in historic texts, the dense collection of almost 900 small shrines and large temples have led many to call Palitana the "city of temples". [1]
Palitana was a princely state in British India.It formed a part of the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency. [1] Area, 289 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 52,856, showing a decrease of 15% in the decade. [1]
Shatrunjaya or Shetrunjaya ("place of victory against inner enemies") [1] originally Pundarikgiri, are hills located by the city of Palitana, in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. They are situated on the banks of the Shetrunji River at an elevation 164 feet (50 m) above sea level.
Palitana is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. [2] [3] It is part of Bhavnagar district. List of segments.
Palitana railway station is a railway station serving in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat State of India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is under Bhavnagar railway division of Western Railway Zone of Indian Railways. Palitana railway station is 48 km away from Bhavnagar Terminus .
Śvetāmbara legends state that Krishna's sons Pradyumna and Shyaambh, along with 8.5 crore (85 million) mendicants attained liberation from Bhadva's Dungar at Palitana hills on this day. Śvetāmbara lay followers visit Palitana temples in huge numbers on this day, every year and circumambulate the entire region of Palitana hills in a single ...
English: Palitana is a major and important collections of Jain temples found in Gujarat. These temples group (Tuk) belong to the Svetambara tradition of Jainism.The original and chief temple for Rishabhanath is near the west end of the collection, and can be traced to the mid 10th-century.