BLESSINGS

ॐ ह्रीं अर्हम् नमः

श्रीसद्गुरुभ्यो नमः

ॐ ऐं नमः

SHREE MATI GYANAY NAMAH

SHREE SHRUT GYANAY NAMAH

SHREE AVADHI GYANAY NAMAH

SHREE MANAH-PARYAV GYANAY NAMAH

SHREE KEVAL GYANAY NAMAH

5 GYAN

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JAIN TIRTH

Inspired by:

Yugpradhan Acharyatulya P.P. Panyas Shree Chandrashekar Vijayji M.S.

P.P. Panyas Shree Yashobhushan Vijayji M.S.

P.P. Panyas Shree Manobhushan Vijayji M.S.

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SHATRUNJAY GIRIRAJ - 1

G) One who does jatra of Shatrunjay is definitely a ‘Bhavi’ soul (one who will surely go to Moksh)

1. This tirth (pilgrim) is known as the King of all tirths

B) And so it is called as ‘Tirthadhiraj’ (king of all tirths)

C) Shatrunjay is the most holy tirth

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D) This is the tirth where infinite souls have attained Moksh

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E) Shatrunjay tirth is also known by more than 108 names

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F) Aadinath Dada is the Mulnayak Pratima (main idol)

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SHATRUNJAY GIRIRAJ - 2

K) And that is why this tirth is also known as ‘Pundarikgiri’

H) Kartak Sud 15 , Fagan Sud 13, Chaitra Sud 15 , Viashakh Sud 3 , Vaishakh Vad 6 (Jinalay’s anniversaries) are few days when thousands of people come to this holy place for jatra

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I) Everyday whoever does jatra of Shatrunjay is given ‘Bhaatu’ (free food)

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J) This is the tirth where lord Rushabhdev’s (Aadinath’s) gandhar(disciple) Pundarik Swami attained Moksh

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E) The story of this tirth says that war was going on between Jarasangh and Shree Krishna

A) Shankeshwar tirth’s huge and grand derasar (temple) is located right in the middle of the Shankeshwar village

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B) Derasar’s Mulnayak Pratima is of Lord Shankeshwar Parshvanath

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C) This pratima is white in colour and it is last chovisi’s miraculous pratima

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D) Aashadhi Shravak had placed 3 tirthankar pratimas in Charup , Khambhat and Shankeshwar

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SHANKESHWAR - 1

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SHANKESHWAR - 2

I) There are 52 other Jinalays (derasars) in the surroundings of the derasar of Shri Shankeshwar Parshvath

F) That time Jarasangh used his ‘Jara’ (magic) and made Shri Krishna’s army to sleep

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G) Shri Krishna as told by Lord Neminath used the pakshal of Shankeshwar Parshvanath and sprinkled it upon his sleeping army

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H) Soon the entire army was awake and fine

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GIRNAR

G) By being happy with Ratnashaa’s tap , Ambika devi gifted him this pratima

A) This tirth is also nown as ‘Ujjayantgiri’ and ‘Raivatgiri’

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B) Next chovisi’s all 24 tirthankars will attain Moksh from this tirth

C) Black coloured Mulnayak pratima is of Lord Neminath

D) This pratima is the oldest amongst all the present Jin pratimas in the world

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E) Lord Neminath’s Diksha , Kevalgnyan and Nirvan Kalyanak have taken place on this holy place

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F) 5^th Devlok’s Indra has made this pratima

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HASTINAPUR

E) Even today thousands of Varshitap tapasvis (those who do tap) come to this tirth for parna

A) Mulanayak pratima is of Lord Shantinath

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B) Lord Shantinath’s , Lord Kunthunath’s and Lord Arnath’s Chyavan (coming into mother’s womb) , Janma (birth) , Diksha and Kevalgnyan – 12 such important kalyanaks have taken place on this wonderful tirth

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C) Lord Aadinath’s Parna (breaking the fast) was done with Ikshu Ras (sugarcane juice) on this holy place by Shreyanskumar

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D) This great day is remembered today as ‘Akshayatritiya’

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TALAJA

G) The day since the pratima has been placed, an Akhand Jyot is there (continuously burning lamp)

A) This tirth is one of the 5 main tirths’s of Shatrunjay

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B) This tirth is very near to Shatrunjay

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C) Mulnayak Lord Shri Sacha Sumatinath’s black coloured pratima is placed in the tirth

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D) This pratima was found under a land in a village

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E) The moment the pratima was found all the diseases and problems of the villagers were solved

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F) So people named the pratima as ‘Sacha Sumatinath” (Real Sumatinath)

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TARANGA

A) This tirth is located in between the mountains of Aravali

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B) Second tirthankar Lord Ajitnath’s white coloured pratima is placed here

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C) This tirth’s Shikhar(top part of the temple) is India’s highest shikhar amongst all the temples located on a mountain

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D) Taranga is one of the 5 most important tirths

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E) King Kumarpal had built this Jinalay

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JAIN TIRTHS

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JAIN TIRTHS

Learn & Turn Jainism Part-1 Lesson No.32