Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Neminatha temple complex on Girnar hills near Junagadh, Gujarat. Jain tradition holds that the Neminatha's marriage was arranged with Rajulakumari or Rajimati or Rajamati, daughter of Ugrasena . [ 28 ] [ 17 ] Ugrasena is believed to be the king of Dvārakā and maternal grandfather of Krishna. [ 17 ]
Jainism has had a notable following in Gujarat. [1] According to the 2011 Census of India, around 0.959% of the population of Gujarat is Jain. [2] There are several old Jain temples that draw pilgrims from Jains around the world in places such as Palitana, Taranga, Sankheshwar, Idar.
The temple was historically a Jain temple. [47] So the temple construction, renovation and reconstruction history extends from the mid-8th century to the 15th century. [44] As per archaeologist James Burgess's works on Gujarat's history, Ambika temple was not a Hindu shrine and that Jains had built it and Hindus had occupied it later. [48]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
It's owned by the descendants of the Chalukyas, whose empire spread through much of Gujarat and Central India in the 12th century. It also contains the Jain sandstone temples of Parshvanath and Neminath and a Shiva temple. The Sabarkantha district is host to the Chitra Vichitra Fair in Gunbhakhari village, a couple of weeks after Holi. [17]
You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work; Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.