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Coordinates:20°03′58″N73°47′35″E / 20.0660776°N 73.7929811°E /20.0660776; 73.7929811

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Digambar Jain pilgrimage site in Maharashtra

Gajpanth
Distant view of Gajpanth Digambar Jain Siddhakshetra (Trust No. A-193/NSK)
Religion
Affiliation	Jainism
Deity	Parshvanatha
Location
Location	Nashik,Maharashtra
Gajpanth
Geographic coordinates	20°03′58″N73°47′35″E / 20.0660776°N 73.7929811°E /20.0660776; 73.7929811
Specifications
Temple(s)	6
Elevation	122 m (400 ft)
Website
https://gajpantha.com

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Gajpanth (also spelledGajpantha) is a DigambarJain pilgrimage site (Siddha-kshetra) located in Mhasrul village, in theNashik district of the Indian state ofMaharashtra.It is managed and maintained by Registered Trust No. A-193/NSK.

Geography

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The pilgrimage is located in the Indian state ofMaharashtra. It is 16 km (10 mi) from the Nashik Road Railway station and 5 km (3 mi) fromNashik City,^[1]^[2] and is situated on the steep slopes of a 400-foot-high (122 m) hill. The pilgrimage site is accessible via a staircase built in black stone, which leads directly to the temple.^[3] The hill has 450 steps, three caves (known as'chamar leni'), and several temples belonging to theDigambara sect of theJains. There is also a sculpture depictingsamavasarana (divine preaching hall oftirthankara) on the hills of Gajpanth.

History

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Gajpanth is said to be the salvation place of sevenBalabhadra (heroes) of the Jain Universal history, known as Vijay, Achal, Sudharma, Suprabh, Nandi, Nandimitra and Sudarshan. It is believed that the saints took eightcrores (80 million) of Yadav kings with them from this location to salvation,^[4] and that manyJain monks (or sadhus) attainedmoksha from this hill.^[3]

Dharmachakra Jain temple

References

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^Titze, Kurt; Bruhn, Klaus (1998),Jainism, Motilal Banarsidass Publ., p. 81,ISBN 9788120815346
^"Doc firm on Santhara despite HC ban: I too want a beautiful death",The Indian Express
^^a ^b"Gajpantha Jain Temple",www.digambarjainonline.com, archived fromthe original on 27 April 2016, retrieved13 January 2016
^"Gajpantha",Jain Heritage Centres, archived fromthe original on 8 December 2015, retrieved30 November 2015

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