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Neminath Jain Temple, originally known as Karnavihara, is a Jain temple dedicated to the Jain tirthankara Neminatha. It is on Girnar hill, near the city of Junagadh in Gujarat, India. The temple is the foremost temple among all of the Girnar Jain temples. The oldest part of the present temple was built c. 1129 CE, using Māru-Gurjara ...
Neminath temple, Girnar in 1911, from northeast Neminatha is one of the five most devotionally revered Tirthankaras, along with Mahavira, Rishabhanatha, Parshvanatha and Shantinatha. [ 40 ] Various Jain temple complexes across India feature him, and these are important pilgrimage sites in Jainism.
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.
Neminath, the 22nd Tirthankara attained Moksha from this hill. Śvetāmbara tradition also considers Girnar to be an eternally Jain pilgrimage. 3rd century BCE text Kalpa Sūtra by Acharya Bhadrabāhusuri mentions Girnar hill to be the place of initiation, Kevala jnana, and Moksha of the 22nd Tirthankara Neminatha. [14] [2] [3] [15] [16] [17]
Neminath: Aparajitadevaloka Sauripura; Girnar: Samudravijaya by Shivadevi Black Shankha: 30 meters 1,000 years Vetasa Gomedha and Ambika; or Sarvahna and Kushmandini Varadatta; Yakshadinna Girnar: 84,000 years ago 23 Parshvanath: Pranatadevaloka Varanasi; Sammed Shikharji: Ashvasena by Vamadevi Green Snake 13.5 feet 100 years Dhataki ...
The Jain temples have a large number of panels depicting scenes from Jain philosophy, tirthankara images and votive tablets. The pillars are carved with a thousand figures. [15] Worship at some of the Jain temples are still held regularly. The most famous of the Jain temples in the fort is the Shantinath temple, which was built before 862 AD.
A tirthankara organises the sangha, a fourfold order of male and female monastics, srāvakas (male followers) and śrāvikās (female followers). [10] The tirthankara's teachings form the basis for the Jain canons. The inner knowledge of tirthankara is believed to be perfect and identical in every respect, and their teachings contain no ...
Girnar is a hilly town close to Junagadh in Kathiawar, Gujarat with numerous Jain and Hindu (Krishna) temples. It is particularly known as a pilgrimage site for Jains. It is linked to Jain legends about Tirthankara Neminath and believed by them to be the cousin of Krishna god of the Hindus.