Gwalior Tirth

 

Mulnayak: 1750cms high idol of Bhagwan Adinath ji

How to reach: Gwalior is a famous ciy of MP and is well connected to Agra (118 kms)- Jhansi (97 Kms). One can reach here from Delhi by train also.

Art and architecture: temples    tirthanakar    meuseum

Historicity: The city of Gwalior is divided into three parts- Gwalior-laskar-Murar.  There are 4 temples,2 Chitalaya and 2 Jain dharamshala in Gwalior. In Laskar, there are 20 Jain temples, 3 Chaitalaya and 3 dharamshalas. Murar has 2 Jain temples, 2 Chaitalaya and one dharamshala which is equipped with all moden facilities.

          Gwalior Fort is about 5000 years old and there are numerous (about 1500) Jain idols on the Hill inside the fort. These idols are in five groups- urvahi –north-west area- north-east area- South-west area and south east area.The 17.5 mts high idol of Bhagwan Adinath is outside urvahi gate of the fort. Another 10.5 mts  idol is of Bhagwan Suparsvanath in Padamasan is in Paththar-ki bavadi (Stone tank) area. There are 40 idols in standing posture-24 in padamasan and 840 idols inscribed on walls and pillars in Urvahi area. Besides the idols in the fort, the other important places are-Man mandir- Gujri mahal (museum0- bavadi- karan Mandiretc. The Sas bahu ka bada mandir and chota mandir are also very important. There is a very big and beautiful mandir between hathi Gate and Sas-bahu temple.

          A number of Jain fairs are held at Gwalior.