Tag: Historical Jain Teerth

Marakkonam CHENNAI: It is difficult to find any idol inside the eighth century Jain temple in Marakkonam, a village near Vandavasi in Tiruvannamali district. All that you will find are two rock sculptures of Jain tirthankaras in sitting posture one near the pillars at the entrance of the ruined structure and the other, a few...

Kazhugumala "Kazhugumala" centre of Jaina learning for 300 years from the 8th century A.D T.S.SUBRAMANIAN WE were completely unprepared for what awaited us as A. Gangadurai, the caretaker, opened the locks of the single gate near a barbed wire fence and led us down a flight of narrow steps hewn out of a hill at...

Vijayamangalam Samana/Jain Temple The entire text in totality have been taken from the website  Once a flourishing place of worship for the Jains in Kongunadu and said to date back to the 6th Century, the temple is now a neglected stone monument that has suffered the ravages of time. The temple, built by King Konguvelir,...

Thirumalai Tirupati Balaji This is originally a Jain temple converted by Ramanujam/Sankaracharya around 8th century A.D onwards along with 1000s other dravid temples. Complete idol is covered to hide its original identity. Balaji has been photographed on many occassions without Jewellary and it is found to be a Jain Standing Tirthankara Neminath which many brahmins...

Dilwara Temples Dilwara The Aravali Range that divides the Thar Desert in its west from the semi-arid regions as well as fertile regions in the eastern Rajasthan, has its highest peak in the Mount Abu area, the Guru Shikhar. Its altitude is 1722 meters or 5650 feet above sea level. It is about 15 km...

Golden Temple, Indore (MP) Shri 1008 Parsvanath Digambar Jain Terapanthi Panchayti Bara Mandir (Purani Saheli)Gust ka Tajia, Deedwana Oli, Lashkar, Gwalior, MP 474 001Phone nos: 0751 2433727Nearest city: Inside Gwalior This temple situated at Gwalior was constructed in the year 1761. During the construction of this temple, the devotees gave 80 kilo of gold for...