A Visit to Shatrunjaya

The Holiest Hill Shatrunjaya is before us with its peak beautified with thousands of Jain Temples. The ridges of the two hills, two thousand feet above sea level, are crowded with an incredible collection of temples and shrines of very varied description and size. The highest part of the mountain top is occupied by the Shri Adishwar Temple, a particularly ornate building dating from 1530 AD but situated on the site on a very much earlier temple dating from the time of Lord Adishwar, thousands of thousands of centuries before.

Built in different centuries, these temples big and small richly carved into a breathtaking splendour, give us an impression of Temple City. With many repairs and resurrections, these temples stand erect as a vigorous youngman on the precious thronee of Shatrunjaya Hill. In the middle the temple of Adinath glows with itssuperb beauty. Here you find every white, red, yellow and pink marble smiling at you with fine art and carvings. Each and every stone is ready to speak to you its own history.