Pisanhari –ki- madia

 

Mulnayak: Idol of Bhagwan Mahavir

 

How to reach: the Tirth ‘Madia’ is 5 Kms from ranital and 96 Kms from Jabalpur on Jabalpur Nagpur Road. The boarding and lodging facilities are available here.

Art and architecture:    temples.

 

Historiricty: There are 37 Jain temples at this place. The main temple is dedicated to Bhagwan Mahavir Swami. Here the Tonks of 24 tirthanakrs are very special. Here a Gurukul and hostel for students is also operating. This place is called Pisanhari ki madia because a poor old lady used to grind cereals for neighbous and save money for making a small temple. Some day all her money was stolen but she continued to save money afresh. Suddenly, she found that all her stolen money was returned in her hut and she startd the construction of the temple. However, the money was not sufficient and she could not complete the Kalash, then she installed her stone grinders as the Kalash of the temple.  After 700 years of construction of madia by poor lady, abeautiful Madan Mahal was constructed about 1 Kms away.