List of Jain temples

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1 Holy sites
- 1.1 Jain Temples in India
- 1.2 Jain Temples outside India
2 See also

[edit] Holy sites

Palitana Tirtha

[edit] Jain Temples in India

There are many Jain tirtha (pilgrimage sites) throughout India.

Hastinapur, holy destination comprising of a collection of temples and pilgrimage locations
Shikharji, also known as Parshvanathji or Sammet Sikhar and located in Giridih district in Jharkhand state, is considered the most sacred pilgrimage site. Parshvanath Hill is about 4481 feet high, and twenty Tirthankaras attained Nirvana here.GoogleEarthLocation
Shravanabelgola, a monumental statue of Saint Gomateshwar in Hassan District, Karnataka.
Golden Temple, the first Jain Temple in India to be covered by gold.Falna,Rajasthan
Dilwada Temples, complex of white marble Jain temples on Mount Abu, Rajasthan.
Palitana, most visited Jain temple in Gujarat.
Girnarhills a city of Jaina temples in Gujarat.
Vataman, (between Ahmedabad and Palitana) with a beautiful Bhagwan Adinath derasar
Bawangaja, a complex of Jain temples and monumental statues in Barwani District, Madhya Pradesh.
Gwalior's fort is home to dozens of Jain rock-cut sculptures.
Sonagiri, about 60 km from Gwalior, has scores of temples on little hills.
Bajrangadh, Atisaya-kshetra in Guna district in Madhya Pradesh, India

A "Pujari" cleaning an Idol at the Ranakpur Jain temple. The cloth over his face is to prevent spittle or bacteria from landing on holy images, books, or statues of Tirthankaras.

Ranakpur Temples, extensive complex of white marble Jain temples in Ranakpur, Rajasthan.
Nakoda Parshvanâtha Jain temple is a holy place of the Jains near Barmer, Rajasthan
Kundalpur, Siddha-kshetra with 63 temples, is famous for a beautiful statue of Bade Baba in Damoh district in Madhya Pradesh, India
Shri Mahavirji/Chandanpur, in Sawai Madhopur district in Rajasthan, India has a 78 cm high copper-colored idol of Mahavira in the Padmasana posture. About 175 km away from Jaipur, it is the most visited temple in Rajasthan.
Tijara/Dehra, Atisaya-kshetra, in Alwar district in Rajasthan, India, where the principal Tirthankara is Bhagwan Chandraprabha, is about 110 km away from Delhi.
Ananthanâtha Swami Temple (also known as the Puliyarmala Jain Temple} in Puliyarmala, outside of Kalpetta in Wayanad district, Kerala.
Nageshwar Parshavanâtha Tirtha Near Ratlam MadhyaPradesh has a very big idol of Tirthankara Parshavanath.
Mohankheda Tirtha Near Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh) is very famous. It is the Swargarohan Place of Rajenedrasuri Maharaj.
Shri Shankeshwar Tirtha, In the year 1155 of the Vikrama era, Sajjan Shah built the Shankheshvar temple on the banks of the Rupen river, Viramgam in Gujarat.
Rajgir Jain Temple has a ancient history from period of Ramayana & Buddha

[edit] Jain Temples outside India

There are several Jain derasar (also known as jinalaya) established in various cities outside of India:

The Oshwal Centre located in Potters Bar, UK. The temple is surrounded by landscaped gardens, statues of the 24 Tirthankara, and 54 Otla representing the villages in India that the Visa Oshwal community originated from.
The Oshwal Mahajanwadi located in Nairobi, Kenya. The temple houses statues of 9 of the 24 Tirthankara.
The Siddhachalam temple is located in New Jersey, USA.
The Jain temple in Leicester (UK)
The Jain temples at Harrow and at Kenton (UK)
Twenty Jain temples in the USA: at Houston (Texas), Cincinnati (Ohio), Milpitas (California), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Essex falls ( New Jersey), etc.
The Jain temple in Kobe (Japan)
The Jain temple in Kathmandu (Nepal)