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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 ...
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 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.
This temple is dedicated to Jain deity Ambika yakshi (Ambaji), an attendant of Lord Neminath. The early temple was built before 784 CE (probably in middle of the 8th century) because Digambar Jain Acharya Jinasen's Harivamsapurana ( Saka Samvat 705, 783 CE) mentions the temple. [ 41 ]
[3] [4] These five Jain temples were constructed from 1062 to 1231 CE: [5] [6] Mahavira temple was built in 1062. This is the earliest Jain temple. Shantinath temple was built in 1082. Parshvanath temple was built in 1094 by the Chalukyan king Jayasimha Siddharaja. Neminath temple was built a little later in 1136 during the reign of Jayasimha ...
Tirumalai (lit. "the holy mountain"; also later Arhasugiri, lit. "the excellent mountain of the Arha[t]"; Tamil Engunavirai-Tirumalai, lit. "the holy mountain of the Arhar" is a Jain temple and cave complex dating from at least the 9th century CE that is located northwest of Polur in Tamil Nadu, southeast India. [1]
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.
Vasudevs is a type of Shalaka Purush and Shri Krishna was the last Vasudev in this time cycle. Shri Krishna was a cousin of Jain's 22rd Tirthankar - Neminath. So, in temples and artwork of Neminatha, Hindu god Krishna is reverentially included in the temples as they are believed to be cousins by the Jain community.