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Belgium
Belgium (
i/ˈbɛldʒəm/ BEL-jəm), officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO. Belgium covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres (11,787 sq mi), and it has a population of about 11 million people. Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups, the Dutch-speakers, mostly Flemish (about 60%), and the French-speakers, mostly Walloons (about 40%), plus a small group of German-speakers. Belgium's two largest regions are the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders in the north and the French-speaking southern region of Wallonia. The Brussels-Capital Region, officially bilingual, is a mostly French-speaking enclave within the Flemish Region. A German-speaking Community exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political conflicts are reflected in the political history and a complex system of government.
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Delhi
Delhi (/ˈdɛli/; locally pronounced Dillee or Dehli), officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest metropolis by population in India. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16.7 million inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census. The region has been given special status of National Capital Region under The Constitution (69th Amendment) Act, 1991. There are nearly 22.2 million residents in the greater National Capital Region urban area (which also includes the cities Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon,Sonepat and Faridabad along with other smaller nearby towns).
Delhi is known to have been continuously inhabited since at least the 6th century BCE, though human habitation is believed to have existed since the second millennium BCE. Delhi is also widely believed to have been the site of Indraprastha, the legendary capital of the Pandavas during the times of the Mahabharata. Delhi re-emerged as a major political, cultural and commercial city along the trade routes between northwest India and the Gangetic plain after the rise of the Delhi sultanates. It is the site of many ancient and medieval monuments, archaeological sites and remains.
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Dilwara Temples
The Jain Dilwara temples of India are located about 2½ kilometers from Mount Abu, Rajasthan's only hill station. These temples built by Chalukya between the 11th and 13th centuries AD are world famous for their stunning use of marble. The five legendary marble temples of Dilwara are a sacred pilgrimage place of the Jains. Some consider them to be one of the most beautiful Jain pilgrimage sites in the world. The marble temples have an opulent entranceway, the simplicity in architecture reflecting Jain values like honesty and frugality. The temples are in the midst of a range of forested hills. A high wall shrouds the temple complex.
Although the Jains built some beautiful temples at other places in Rajasthan, some believe that none come close to these in terms of architectural perfection. The ornamental detail spreading over the minutely carved ceilings, doorways, pillars and panels is simply marvellous.
For the people who come to perform puja here, there are facilities to bathe and get ready. The facilities use passive solar power to heat up the water for bathing and other things. Guided tour hours for tourists are posted outside the temple. You might see occasional monkeys looking for food outside the temple area.
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Ellora
Ellora (Marathi: वेरूळ Vērūḷ) also known as Ellooru, is an archaeological site, 29 km (18 mi) North-West of the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra built by the Rashtrakuta dynasty. Well known for its monumental caves, Ellora is a World Heritage Site. Ellora represents the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture. The 34 "caves" – actually structures excavated out of the vertical face of the Charanandri hills. Buddhist, Hindu and Jain rock-cut temples and viharas and mathas were built between the 5th century and 10th century. The 12 Buddhist (caves 1–12), 17 Hindu (caves 13–29) and 5 Jain (caves 30–34) caves, built in proximity, demonstrate the religious harmony prevalent during this period of Indian history. It is a protected monument under the Archaeological Survey of India.
Ellora, also called Verul or Elura, is the corrupted form of the Ancient name Elapura.
These caves were built during the 5th-7th century. It was initially thought that the Buddhist caves were one of the earliest structures, created between the fifth and eighth centuries, with caves 1-5 in the first phase (400-600) and 6-12 in the later phase (mid 7th-mid 8th), but now it is clear to the modern scholars that some of the Hindu caves (27,29,21,28,19,26,20,17 and 14) precede these caves. The earliest Buddhist cave is Cave 6, followed by 5,2,3,5 (right wing), 4,7,8,10 and 9. Caves 11 and 12 were the last. All the Buddhist caves were constructed between 630-700.
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Gujarat
Gujarat /ˌɡʊdʒəˈrɑːt/ (Gujarati: ગુજરાત Gujǎrāt [ɡudʒ(ə)ɾat] (
listen)) is a state in western India. It has an area of 75,686 sq mi (196,030 km2) with a coastline of 1,600 km, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula, and a population in excess of 60 million. The state is bordered by Rajasthan to the north, Maharashtra to the south, Madhya Pradesh to the east and the Arabian Sea as well as the Pakistani province of Sindh on the west. Its capital is Gandhinagar, while its largest city is Ahmedabad. Gujarat is home to the Gujarati-speaking people of India.
The state encompasses major sites of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, such as Lothal and Dholavira. Lothal is believed to be one of the world's first ports. Gujarat's coastal cities, chiefly Bharuch and Khambhat, served as ports and trading centers in the Maurya and Gupta empires. Mahatma Gandhi, India's "father of the nation", who led the Indian Independence Movement against the British colonial rule was a Gujarati.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, independent India's first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister was also from Gujarat.
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India
India (i/ˈɪndiə/), officially the Republic of India (Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west;China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; in addition, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history. Four of the world's major religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism—originated here, whereas Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived in the 1st millennium CE and also helped shape the region's diverse culture. Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of the British East India Company from the early 18th century and administered directly by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century, India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence that was marked by non-violent resistance led by Mahatma Gandhi.
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Karnataka
Karnataka /kɑrˈnɑːtəkə/ is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava (Formation Day). Originally known as the State of Mysore /maɪˈsɔər/, it was renamed Karnataka in 1973. It is the land of the Kannadigas, Tuluvas, Konkanis and Kodavas. The capital and largest city is Bangalore.
Karnataka is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, Goa to the northwest, Maharashtra to the north, Andhra Pradesh to the east, Tamil Nadu to the southeast, and Kerala to the southwest. The state covers an area of 191,976 square kilometres (74,122 sq mi), or 5.83% of the total geographical area of India. It is the eighth largest Indian state by area. With over 61 million inhabitants (2011), Karnataka is the ninth largest state by population, comprising 30 districts. Kannada is the most widely spoken and official language of the state.
The two main river systems of the state are Krishna and its tributaries (Bhima, Ghataprabha, Vedavati, Malaprabha, and Tungabhadra) in the north, and the Cauvery and its tributaries (Hemavati, Shimsha, Arkavathi, Lakshmana Thirtha and Kabini) in the south. Both these rivers flow eastward and fall into the Bay of Bengal.
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Leicester
Coordinates: 52°38′03″N 1°08′19″W / 52.63422°N 1.13852°W / 52.63422; -1.13852
Leicester (/lɛstər/ LESS-tər
pronunciation (help·info)) is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest. In 2010, the population of the Leicester unitary authority was estimated at 306,600, the second highest in the region, whilst 441,213 people lived in the wider Leicester Urban Area in 2006, making Leicester the tenth most populous settlement in the United Kingdom and the UK's fourteenth largest urban area. It is the largest city in the East Midlands yet has the second largest urban area in the region behind Nottingham Urban Area. Eurostat's Larger Urban Zone listed the population of the area at 772,400 people as of 2004.
Ancient Roman pavements and baths remain in Leicester from its early settlement as Ratae Corieltauvorum, a Roman military outpost in a region inhabited by the Celtic Corieltauvi tribe. Following the demise of Roman society the early medieval Ratae Corieltauvorum is shrouded in obscurity, but when the settlement was captured by the Danes it became one of five fortified towns important to the Danelaw. The name "Leicester" is thought to derive from the words castra of the "Ligore", meaning camp of the dwellers on the (river) Legro. Leicester appears in the Domesday Book as "Ledecestre". Leicester continued to grow throughout the Early Modern period as a market town, although it was the Industrial Revolution that facilitated a process of rapid unplanned urbanisation in the area.
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Maharashtra
Maharashtra /mɑːhəˈrɑːʃtrə/ (Marathi: महाराष्ट् mahārāṣṭra [məharaːʂʈrə] ( listen)) is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India. Maharashtra is the richest state in India, contributing 15% of the country's industrial output and 13.3% of its GDP (2006–2007 figures).
Maharashtra is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, Gujarat and the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the northwest, Madhya Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the east, Karnataka to the south, Andhra Pradesh to the southeast, and Goa to the southwest. The state covers an area of 307,731 km2 (118,816 sq mi) or 9.84% of the total geographical area of India. Mumbai, the capital city of the state, is India's largest city and the financial capital of the nation. Nagpur is the second capital of the state. Marathi is the official language.
Maharashtra is the world's second most populous first-level administrative country sub-division. Were it a nation in its own right, Maharashtra would be the world's tenth most populous country ahead of Mexico.
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Nagarparkar
Nagarparkar (Urdu: نگر پارکر ) is a town at a distance of 150 km from Mithi, in Sindh, Pakistan.
The town is at the foot of the Karoonjhar Hills. It is situated at a distance of about 15 km from the Indian border. At one time the area was under the sea, which had to be crossed; the name "Parkar" means "to cross over". Nagarparkar has on its north Taluka Chachro, and on its west is Taluka Mithi of Tharparkar District, while on east of it lies Barmer (Rajasthan) and on its south is Run Katchh. The area surrounding the city is a rocky belt called Parkar, and the remaining part is a sandy area.
The Karoonjhar hills surround Nagarparkar for 16 miles. The granite stone of this mountain is used for making tiles. There is a saying that the Karoonjhar hills provide 1-1/4 kilos of gold every day in the form of granite stone, china clay, and honey. In summer, different sounds are audible from the rock due to sulphur deposits.
The population of the taluka is 153,106, out of which 90,893 are Hindus and 62,213 are Muslims. There is one rest house beneath the Karoonjhar Mountain, but it partially collapsed during the 2001 earthquake. The town is an ancient place of Hindu worship. Sardharo, Anchlesar, and Jain temples are situated there.
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Pakistan
Pakistan (
i/ˈpækɨstæn/ or i/pɑːkiˈstɑːn/; Urdu: پاکستان) (Urdu pronunciation: [paːkɪˈst̪aːn] (
listen)), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان), is a sovereign country in South Asia. It sits at the crossroads of the strategically important regions of South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046-kilometre (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west and north, Iran to the southwest and China in the far northeast. It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north, and it shares a marine border with Oman.
The territory of modern Pakistan was the site of several ancient cultures, including the Neolithic Mehrgarh and the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilisation, and has undergone invasions or settlements by Hindu, Persian, Indo-Greek, Islamic, Turco-Mongol, Afghan and Sikh cultures. Thus the area has been ruled by numerous empires and dynasties, including the Indian Mauryan Empire, the Persian Achaemenid Empire, the Arab Umayyad Caliphate, the Mongol Empire, the Mughal Empire, the Durrani Empire, the Sikh Empire and the British Empire. As a result of the Pakistan Movement led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and India's struggle for independence, Pakistan was created in 1947 as an independent nation for Muslims from the regions in the east and west of India where there was a Muslim majority. Initially a dominion, Pakistan adopted a new constitution in 1956, becoming an Islamic republic. A civil war in 1971 resulted in the secession of East Pakistan as the new country of Bangladesh.
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Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( /ˈfiːnɪks/ FEE-niks; O'odham: Ski:kigk; Yavapai: Wathinka or Wakatehe; Western Apache: Fiinigis; Navajo: Hoozdoh; Mojave: Hachpa 'Anya Nyava) is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populous city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data. It is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area (also known as the Valley of the Sun), and is the 12th largest metro area by population in the United States with about 4.2 million people in 2010. In addition, Phoenix is the county seat of Maricopa County, and is one of the largest cities in the United States by land area. Phoenix is the largest capital city in the United States and the only state capital with over 1,000,000 people.
Phoenix was incorporated as a city in 1881, after being founded in 1861 near the Salt River, close to the confluence with the Gila River. The city has a notable and famous political culture and has been home to numerous influential American politicians and other dignitaries, including Barry Goldwater, William Rehnquist, John McCain, Carl Hayden, and Sandra Day O'Connor. Residents of the city are known as Phoenicians.
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Rajasthan
Rājasthān /ˈrɑːdʒəstæn/ (Hindustani pronunciation: [raːdʒəsˈt̪ʰaːn] ( listen)) the land of Rajasthanis, ("the land of kings"), is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert (Thar Desert), which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan. The state is bordered by Pakistan to the west, Gujarat to the southwest, Madhya Pradesh to the southeast, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to the northeast and Punjab to the north. Rajasthan covers 10.4% of India, an area of 342,269 square kilometres (132,151 sq mi).
Jaipur is the capital and the largest city of the state. Geographical features include the Thar Desert along north-western Rajasthan and the termination of the Ghaggar River near the archaeological ruins at Kalibanga of the Indus Valley Civilization, which are the oldest in the Indian subcontinent discovered so far.
One of the world's oldest mountain ranges, the Aravalli Range, cradles the only hill station of Rajasthan, Mount Abu, famous for Dilwara Temples, a sacred pilgrimage for Jains. Eastern Rajasthan has the world famous Keoladeo National Park near Bharatpur, a World Heritage Site known for its bird life. It also has two national tiger reserves, Ranthambore and Sariska Tiger Reserve, and a famous temple in Khatu, Sikar district, dedicated to Khatu Shyam Ji. Rajasthan was formed on 30 March 1949, when the region known until then as Rajputana, consisting of erstwhile princely states ruled mainly by Rajputs.
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu /ˈtæmɨl ˈnɑːduː/ (Tamiḻ Nāṭu [t̪amɨɭ naːɖɯ] ( listen)) is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital is Chennai, the largest city. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. It is bound by the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Nilgiri, the Anamalai Hills, and Palakkad on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar, the Palk Strait in the south east, and by the Indian Ocean in the south.
Tamil Nadu is the eleventh largest state in India by area and the seventh most populous state. It is the fourth largest contributor (as of 2010) to India's GDP and ranks tenth in Human Development Index as of 2006. Tamil Nadu is also the most urbanised state in India. The state has the highest number (10.56%) of business enterprises and stands second in total employment (9.97%) in India, compared to the population share of about 6%.
The region has been the home of the Tamil people since at least 500 BCE. Its official language Tamil has been in use in inscriptions and literature for over 2000 years. Tamil Nadu is home to many natural resources, Hindu temples of Dravidian architecture, hill stations, beach resorts, multi-religious pilgrimage sites and eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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Ajitnath
Ajitnatha was the second Jain Tirthankar of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. The soul that became Bhagavan Ajitnath, in its earlier incarnation, was the great king Vimalvahan of Susima city in Mahavideh area. He led a pious life in spite of the available princely grandeur. At an appropriate time, he became an ascetic under Arindam Suri.
Ajitnatha was born to King Jitashatru Raja and Queen Vijaya at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku clan.
Queen Vijaya Devi saw fourteen auspicious dreams. Vaijayanti, the wife of king Jitshatru’s younger brother, Sumitra, also saw the same fourteen dreams. This was a queer coincidence. When the augurs were consulted they advised that Vijaya Devi would give birth to a Tirthankar and Vaijayanti to a Chakravarti (Emperor).
During the queen’s pregnancy, the influence of king Jitshatru was enhanced to such an extant that even the enemy kingdoms sought and negotiated friendly treaties with him. It became a common practice to say, "King Jitshatru is invincible (Ajit)."
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Chandraprabha
In Jainism, Chandraprabhu was the eighth Tirthankara of the present age or Avasarpini. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Chandraprabhu was born to King Mahasena and Queen Lakshmana Devi at Chandrapuri to the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth-date was the twelfth day of the Posh Krishna month of the Indian calendar.
In his birth as king Padma of Mangalavati town of Dhatkikhand, the being that was to become Bhagavan Chandraprabhu earned Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra-karma. Spending a lifetime as a god in Anuttar Vijay dimension he descended into the womb of queen Lakshmana, wife of king Mahasen of Chandranana town.
During her pregnancy, one day the queen was looking at the splendors and glowing full-moon. All of a sudden she had a strange desire to drink the glowing streak of moon light. The king cleverly managed to satisfy this strange desire of a pregnant mother. On the thirteenth day of the dark half of the month of Paush the queen gave birth to a healthy son who was fair and glowing like the moon. He was named Chandraprabhu (glow of the moon). Chandraprabhu was apathetic towards the mundane pleasures and princely grandeur. After he ascended the throne his reign was short lived. He became an ascetic in the prime of his youth and just after three months of acute spiritual practices he became an omniscient. For a considerably long period he continued to enlighten the people and propagate the true religion. When his end approached he went to Sammetshikhar and after a month of long fast and meditation attained Nirvana.
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Haribhadra
Haribhadra Suri (c.700-c.770, or 459-529, traditional) was a Svetambara mendicant Jain leader and author.
There are multiple contradictory dates assigned to his birth. These include 459, 478, and 529. However, given his familiarity with Dharmakirti, a more likely choice would be sometime after 650. In his writings, Haribhadra identifies himself as a student of Jinabhadra and Jinadatta of the Vidyadhara Kula. There are several, somewhat contradictory, accounts of his life.
The earlier of these, which dates to the 12th century, says that Haribhadra was an educated Brahmin who made the boast that he would become a pupil of anyone who stated a sentence which he could not understand. After hearing a Jain nun named Yākinī Mahattarā recite a verse that he could not understand, he was sent to her teacher Jinabhaṭa, who promised Haribhadra that he would instruct him if Haribhadra accepted initiation into Jainism. Haribhadra agreed, and took the name Yākinīputra, or "Spiritual Son of Yākinī".
The second account, which bears similarities to the story of Akalanka Digambara, also shows the state of relations between Buddhist and Jain mendicants at the time. In this story, Haribhadra was teaching two of his nephews. These nephews went to secretly study logic at a Buddhist temple, and fled after being discovered there. One of them was killed by the Buddhists, and the other died of grief later. Haribhadra engaged the monks of this monastery in a philosophical debate, and emerged victorious. He then ordered the losing monks to jump into a vat of hot oil. When Haribhadra's own teacher heard of this, he ordered Haribhadra to undertake severe penances for his unseemly display of anger and attachment. Haribhadra did so, and took the title "Virahānka", which means "having separation (or viraha, from his nephews) as a distinguishing characteristic".
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Mahavira
Mahāvīra (Sanskrit: महावीर "Great Hero", Kannada: ಮಹಾವೀರ Mahāvīra, Malayalam: മഹാവീരൻ Mahāvīran and Tamil: அருகன் Arukaṉ) is the name most commonly used to refer to the Indian sage Vardhamāna (Sanskrit: वर्धमान; traditionally 599–527 BCE) who established what are today considered to be the central tenets of Jainism. According to Jain tradition, he was the 24th and the last Tirthankara. In Tamil, he is referred to as Arukaṉ or Arukadevan. He is also known in texts as Vira or Viraprabhu, Sanmati, Ativira,and Gnatputra. In the Buddhist Pali Canon, he is referred to as Nigantha Nātaputta and Gyatra Putta.
In a place called Kundalagrama (Vaishali district) situated close to Besadha Patti, 27 miles from Patna in modern day Bihar, India, Mahavira was born in a royal family to King Siddartha and Queen Trishala on the 13th day under the rising moon of Chaitra (12 April according to the Gregorian calendar). While still in his mother's womb it is believed he brought wealth and prosperity to the entire kingdom, which is why he was named Vardhaman. An increase of all good things, like the abundant bloom of beautiful flowers, was noticed in the kingdom after his conception. Trishala had a number of auspicious dreams before giving birth to Vardhaman (14 according to the Svetambaras and 16 according to the Digambaras), signs foretelling the advent of a great soul.He found "Nirvana" at the age of 72 in 527 BC near Rajgir, Bihar .Vardhaman's birthday is celebrated as Mahavir Jayanti, the most important religious holiday of Jains around the world.
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Jain Derasar (Temple) Potters Bar
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First Shikharbandhi Derasar outside India built within landscape gardens in Potters Bar Hertfordshire.See the ancient craftmanship and architecture of Jain Derasar (Temple)
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Jain Stavan-Aaj Mara Derasar Ma Moti Dehme Varsyaa Re
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Jain Stavan-Aaj Mara Derasar Ma Moti Dehme Varsyaa Re
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Jagmagta tarla nu derasar hojo...
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Shree Vimalnath bhagwan Ghar derasar in ahmedabad
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Tv9 Gujarat - Chaos during the demolition of Derasar, Ahmedabad
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On Wednesday when AMC officials approached to demolish Sambhavnath Jain temple in Vejalpur they faced fierce protest by devotees of Jain Derasar. According to officials the temple building is illegal and need to be demolished. The temple authorities have urged its devotees to assemble at the spot when corporation officials came to bring the temple down, thousands of devotees gathered to save their temple. Around 50 Maharaj Sahebs (religious leaders) had come to the temple, which the temple authorities had mentioned on the notice board.
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Shree Godi Parshwanath Jain Derasar Pydhonie
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Godiji Parshwanath Jain Derasar celebrating 200th anniversary on May 1st 2012
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Shree Shantinath Jain Derasar, Bardoli
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- Updated: 27 Aug 2010
Shree Shantinath Jain Derasar, Bardoli built by Sompura Temples. Pvt. Ltd
http://wn.com/Shree_Shantinath_Jain_Derasar,_Bardoli
Shree Adinath Jain Derasar - Charkop
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- Duration: 24:58
- Updated: 09 Jan 2011
Smt. Bhavnaben & Sharadbhai Jhaveri pariwaar's first dhaja ceremony at Charkop Shree Adinath Jain Shwetamber Mandir in Mumbai, India
http://wn.com/Shree_Adinath_Jain_Derasar_Charkop
Navagraha Jain Derasar
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- Duration: 9:03
- Updated: 06 Aug 2012
Shree Sankheshwar Parshwanath Jin Mandir Smt Geetaben and Shree Ashokbhai Jhaveri pariwaar nirmit Jain Shwetamber Jain Mandir in Mumbai, India Address: 497 SVP Road, Roop Raj Building, Mumbai 400004 Telephone Number: 23869615
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Jain Derasar (Temple) Potters Bar In Snow
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- Duration: 2:11
- Updated: 18 Jan 2011
You have seen Video of Jain Derasar (Temple) at Potters Bar , Hertfordshire. Now enjoy more photo video of the Derasar in landscaped in white , yes Snow. Still giving feeling of placid and clamness. Enjoy and visit.
http://wn.com/Jain_Derasar_Temple_Potters_Bar_In_Snow
jamnagar jain derasar case
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- Duration: 4:41
- Updated: 18 Aug 2010
* popat dharsi jain derasr case video* in jain jamnagar jain derasar theft a jain pratima this video u show via anjali news jamngar
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Balasinor Jain Derasar
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- Duration: 6:09
- Updated: 19 Aug 2010
nice video to view BALASINOR JAIN DERASAR at 1 click.
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Navgraha Jain Derasar
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- Duration: 6:53
- Updated: 21 Dec 2010
Shree Shankheshwar Parshwanath Jin Mandir
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JUNAGADH (GIRNAR) TALETI DERASAR
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- Duration: 0:39
- Updated: 14 Aug 2012
The clip od shri Junagadh TAelti Jain Derasar. Mulnayak Sri Aadinath dada...
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Derasar Shree Hathising's Derasar Tirth,Ahmedabad,Gujarat
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- Duration: 2:05
- Updated: 24 Sep 2012
This temple occupies a unique place in the History of Jinalayas of Gujarat. This beautiful and large Derasar consisting of 52 temples was built with great love and devotion by Sheth Shri Hathisinghji with his own funds. This temple reminds us of his piousness and generosity today. He wanted to inaugurate this temple with a unique function but died before he could. After his death, his pious and wise wife Shethani Harkorbai inagurated the temple with a 21 day festival at the cost of lakhs of rupees. The inaguration was done on Thursday, Posh Vad 11, Vikram Samvat.1903 at the hands of Acharaya Shri ShantisagarSurishwarj Works of art and Sculpture : All art here is par excellence .The Art here, reminds one of the Abu Delwada. Feguson, James Samuelson, Anandkumarswami and Ratnamanirao, etc have all praised the sculptures around this temple. Guidelines : The temple is at a distance of 3 KM from the Ahmedabad Railway station. Rickshaws, Buses and Taxis are all available from the Railway station. All Boarding and lodging facilities are available within the temple compound. An upashraya is also situated in the Temple compound. There are many good hotels around, within a distance of 1-2KM. Trust : Shri Dharmanath Jain Mandir. Sheth Shri Hathisingh Kesarisingh Trust. O/s Dilli Darwaja, PO. Ahmedabad : 380004. Gujarat. Phone : 079 2180774, 2120455.
http://wn.com/Derasar_Shree_Hathising's_Derasar_Tirth,Ahmedabad,Gujarat
Aarti In New Jain Derasar
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- Duration: 3:22
- Updated: 15 May 2011
just see the new jainderasr from inside
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Tirth Yatra - 15 Dadasaheb jain Derasar, Bhavnagar
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- Duration: 0:37
- Updated: 12 Aug 2010
Vid Clip of Shri Dadasaheb Jain Derasar, Bhavnagar.
http://wn.com/Tirth_Yatra_15_Dadasaheb_jain_Derasar,_Bhavnagar
Hastgiri Jain Derasar, Palitana, Gujrat
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- Duration: 1:35
- Updated: 27 Aug 2010
Jay JInendra... This clip is of Shri Hastgiri Jain Tirth, Situated on the hills of Hathasani ( Palitana ).
http://wn.com/Hastgiri_Jain_Derasar,_Palitana,_Gujrat
jain song (aaj mara derasar ma motide) by www.jainsite.com
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- Duration: 4:40
- Updated: 25 Aug 2012
jain song (aaj mara derasar ma motide) by www.jainsite.com Guidance : Jain Muni BhagyChandra Vijay Maharaj Saheb Jain Facebook www.facebook.com/jainsite jain free sms seva type ON JAINSITE send to 09870807070 Mail : info@jainsite.com www.jainstavan.com
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Tirth Yatra Shri Nageshvar Parshvnath Jain Derasar (Raj)
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- Duration: 1:23
- Updated: 23 Aug 2010
Jay jinendra. This clip is of Shri Nageshvar Parshvnath Jain Derasar, located at Rajsthan, India.
http://wn.com/Tirth_Yatra_Shri_Nageshvar_Parshvnath_Jain_Derasar_Raj
Jain derasar southern California
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- Duration: 6:44
- Updated: 28 Oct 2010
Jain temple is awesome
http://wn.com/Jain_derasar_southern_California
Vipul Hariawalla Live Performance JAGMAGTA TARLA NU DERASAR(JAIN STAVAN).mp4
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- Duration: 11:42
- Updated: 26 May 2012
Vipul Hariawalla Live Performance
http://wn.com/Vipul_Hariawalla_Live_Performance_JAGMAGTA_TARLA_NU_DERASARJAIN_STAVANmp4
Girnar-Jain Derasar-Jain Temple ( Haresh Melvani )
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- Duration: 0:47
- Updated: 23 Jun 2012
Is a Jain Temple at Monsoon time is very cloudey view is amazing
http://wn.com/Girnar-Jain_Derasar-Jain_Temple_Haresh_Melvani_
SHRI PADMAPRABHU DERASAR VIDEO
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- Duration: 1:14
- Updated: 04 May 2012
This video is about a 111 year old temple as of 2011 of the jain god Shri padmaprabhu located in telhara,dist akola,[MS] India.The Padmaprabhu idol is more than 500 years old...thank you ..
http://wn.com/SHRI_PADMAPRABHU_DERASAR_VIDEO
photo: AP / Sepahnews
27 Nov 2012
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27 Nov 2012
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photo: UN / Jan Golinski
27 Nov 2012
Doha conference is warned that climate models do not yet take account of methane in thawing permafrost. Frozen ground in Siberia. Permafrost covers nearly a quarter of the northern hemisphere. Photograph. Francis Latreille/Corbis. The United Nations sounded a stark warning on the threat to the climate from methane in the thawing permafrost as governments met for the second day of climate change negotiations in Doha, Qatar ... ....(size: 5.3Kb)
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
28 Nov 2012
By Victor Kotsev. Thursday is shaping up as a big day in Palestinian history. Exactly 65 years after the United Nations resolution partitioning British Mandatory Palestine was adopted (and rejected at the time by the Arabs), the General Assembly will vote on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's proposal for non-member state status for Palestine within the borders of the period between the 1948 and the 1967 wars ... Â. Palestinian horizon....(size: 16.8Kb)
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26 Nov 2012
This town of 19,000 nestled in an idyllic mountain pass of impossibly green pastures and golden autumn trees is on the front lines of Turkey's rapidly escalating guerrilla war. In a struggle for autonomy as well as independent language and education rights, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has waged a low-grade conflict in Turkey for decades ... 4 just as a Turkish army tank rolled by ... "The violence is getting worse....(size: 8.8Kb)
DNA India
28 Nov 2012
Speaking to DNA, Panyas Rajhans Vijayji Maharaj who is presently in Prernatirth derasar said, âSince four months (chaatur maas) we stay in upashrays and from this day we begin a new journey to a different city for one year till next chaatur maas.â Jain devotees mark this day with a music band and pomp as the Jain maharajs start walking to their next destination....(size: 2.0Kb)
The Times of India
28 Nov 2012
AHMEDABAD. They pose as the brothers of a girl you are 'harassing' or the recovery agents ... In the first incident, two miscreants robbed a teen of his cellphone on Sunday evening in Satellite. The incident occurred when Kapil Shah, a class XI student and resident of Maharaja Complex in Satellite, was passing by Prernatirth Derasar at 5 pm on Sunday ... ....(size: 1.6Kb)
DNA India
26 Nov 2012
Heritage lovers in the city will have one more reason to walk now. While Amdavadis are aware of popular structures in the walled city, many ancient Jain temples remain hidden or unheard of ... After worship, the Patt will be kept in Diwanji ki haveli ... It will begin from Diwanji ki haveli and cover temples like Vasupujya derasar, Chintamani Parswanath derasar and Ashtapadji derasar. ....(size: 1.8Kb)
DNA India
02 Oct 2012
Someone allegedly stole the monogram of Ponzi scamster Abhay Gandhiâs seized BMW car. The car had been seized by Satellite police seven months ago after Gandhi allegedly vanished with investorsâ money ... Surprisingly, thieves managed to steal the monogram worth Rs5000 despite the car being under round-the-clock watch ... At around 11am, she came to a shop near Gloria restaurant on Prernatirth derasar road in her car ... ....(size: 3.3Kb)
DNA India
23 Sep 2012
The procession started from Rangsagar Jain Sangh, Paldi, passed Dr Ambedkar Bridge, Krupasagar Jain Derasar, Lakshmi Vardhak, Shantivan, Chandranagar, Gharda-ghar and returned to Rangsagar Jain Sangh covering a distance of five km ... On Sunday, the Jain devotees will practise the âchaitya paripatiâ, where they will visit small derasars across the city and offer essentials for the deities known as âchaabâ ... ....(size: 2.0Kb)
DNA India
21 Sep 2012
DNA India
21 Sep 2012
In a nutshell, this is a story about a desperate thief without experience and a gutsy woman. Hitesh Maruda, 20, wanted to buy a gift for his older brotherâs newborn son, but was hard-pressed for cash. The Thaltej resident decided to take the easy way out on Wednesday evening ... She had taken along her six-year-old daughter ... When they approached a Jain derasar near Lotus school two persons snatched his wifeâs gold chain worth Rs25,000 ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)
DNA India
19 Sep 2012
DNA India
19 Sep 2012
Thousands of Shwetambar Jains will flock derasars to mark the last day of paryushan, and spend the entire day observing rituals, attending religious discourses and seeking forgiveness from relatives and friends. âThis is a day when devotees seek and grant forgiveness ... ....(size: 1.5Kb)
DNA India
17 Sep 2012
Thousands of Jain devotees visiting different derasars of the city on the fifth day of Paryushan were deeply moved when the heard afresh the story of Lord Mahavirâs birth. Not only were the idols of Lord Mahavir but also the derasars were decorated with beautiful attractive flowers for the Mahavir Janma Vanchan ... He further said that Prernatirth derasar has around 50-60 idols all of which were decorated....(size: 2.2Kb)
DNA India
17 Sep 2012
DNA India
14 Sep 2012
On the second day of Paryushan on Thursday, various derasars across the city witnessed huge rush of Jain devotees when thousands flocked to join religious discourses during the 9-day period of coming together ... ....(size: 1.3Kb)
DNA India
27 Aug 2012
Around 12,000 old Jain idols and 111 derasars of the city were recently washed and cleaned in just one day by 10,000 devotees who had volunteered for the job. This is the first time that cleaning of derasars on such a scale and with the participation of so many people had taken place. The derasars with their idols located in the old city had fallen into a state of neglect....(size: 2.2Kb)
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A Jain temple is the place of worship for Jains, the followers of Jainism,[1]
Derasar is a word used for a Jain temple in Gujarat, Kutch and parts of Rajasthan.
Basadi (also basti) is a Jain shrine or temple.[2] The word is generally used in South India, including Maharashtra. Its historical use in North is preserved in the names of the Vimala Vasahi and Luna Vasahi temples of Mount Abu. The Sanskrit word is vasati, it implies an institution including residences of scholars attached to the shrine.[3]
In other parts of India, the term Jain mandir is used for all Jain temples.
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Jain Temple Architecture[link]
Jain temples are built with various architectural designs. Jain temples in North India are completely different from the Jain temples in South India, which in turn are quite different from Jain temples in West India. There are two type of Jain temples:
- Shikar-bandhi Jain temple(one with the dome) and
- Ghar Jain temple (Home Temple without dome).
All shikar-bandhi Jain temples have many marble pillars which are carved beautifully with Demi god posture. There is always a main deity also known as mulnayak in each derasar. The main part of Jain temple is called "Gambhara" (Garbha Graha) in which there is the stone carved God idol. One is not supposed to enter the Gambhara without taking a bath and without wearing puja (worship) clothes.
A Jain temple which is 100 years old is called a Tirtha.
The main deity of a Jain temple is known as a mula nayak.
A Manastambha (column of honor) is a pillar that is often constructed in front of Jain temples.
Etiquette[link]
There are some guidelines to follow when one is entering a Jain temples:
- Should wear washed clothes in which one has not gone for toilet or latrine after washing.
- One should not be chewing any eatables (food, gum, mints, etc.), and no eatables should be stuck in the mouth.
- If one takes food inside derasar, one should not bring that food back outside Derasar. It should be left inside the derasar only.
- Anyone who is hurt and is still bleeding should not enter the temple.
- A woman who is in her menstrual cycle should also not enter derasar. A lady is not supposed to enter derasar even after three days of menstrual cycle.[citation needed]
Photo Gallery[link]
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The Jain Centre, Oxford Street, Leicester
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Karandai Jain Temple, Tamil Nadu
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Thirupanamur Jain Temple, Tamil Nadu
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Jain Temple of Bhodesar, Nagarparkar, Pakistan
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The Jain Temple in Calcutta, c. 1905
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Notes[link]
- ^ Babb, Lawrence, A (1996). Absent lord: ascetics and kings in a Jain ritual culture. Published University of California Press. p. 66.
- ^ "Basadi". http://www.kamat.com/glossary/?whoID=234. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
- ^ "Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent - Glossary". http://www.indoarch.org/arch_glossary.php. Retrieved 2007-01-08.
External links[link]
- 2 idols stolen from Basadi
- Jain basadi to be renovated
- Basadi at Moodabidri
- Mysore basadi
- History
- Jaim basadi
- An ancient site connected with Jainism
- Touch of wonder to pilgrimage
- The Jain Legacy In Karnataka
- Karnataka’s hotbed of Jain religion
- Derasar and Dargah coexist in Gandhi's Gujarat
- Jaina Architecture in India, Comprehensive study of Jain architecture with high quality photos.
- Photos of Mulnayak in Jain Temples
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