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Location
Shri Digamber Jain Atishya Kshetra Nemgiri Samsthan is situated in sub hills of Sahyadri Mountains 3 km away from
Jintur. in Parabhani District of Maharastra. The nearby
Cites are Parabhani 43 km, Aurangabad 160 km and Nandel 110 km away from Jintur.
Shri Digamber Jain Atishya Kshetra Nemgiri is a very ancient digambar jain Atishya Kshetra 3 kilometers from
Jintur, There are two hills Nemgiri and Chandragiri famous for their ancient artistic
and miraculous Jain Cave Temples and Chaityalayas. At Nemgiri Hill, in Cave
Number 5 a miraculous idol of Lord Antariksha Parsvanath is staying in the space 3 inches high from surface.
Main Temple
Nemgiri Hill : There are seven Cave Temples on the Nemgiri
hill. In the cave number 4, a 7.5 feet high beautiful idol of
Baghwan Neminath in cross legged seating posture is installed.
In the cave number 5 an idol of Antariksha Parsvanath nearly 6.5 feet in height with nine serpent hoods head, installed.
Chandragiri Hill – A Choubeesee carved on a flat rock is very artistic here, that includes great standing idols of Lord Shantinath, Kunthunath & Arahnath and this was installed in V.S. 1665.
Other Temples
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In first cave of Nemgiri, an attractive idol of Baghwan
Mahavira 3.5 feet in height in cross legged seating posture is installed,
This idol was installed in V.S. 1676.Near the temple an ancient feet images of Acharya Bhadrabahu are also
located.
In second cave there is an ancient idol of Lord Adinath in state of meditation and penance.
In third cave there is an attractive idol of Lord Shantinath, 6 feet in height in cross legged seating posture.
In sixth cave there is an ancient idol in standing posture with four heads in four
directions
In seventh cave there is a very artistic standing
5.5 feet in height idol of Lord Bahubali,
There are also two more old temples in Jintur city where old
and ancient idols of the temples ruined by invaders are placed.
History
In ancient times Kshetra Nemgiri
was famous as Jainpur, said to be developed in the time of Emperor, Amogh Varsha of Rashtrakut
Family. At that time there were 14 Jain Temples. This Kshetra was destroyed by
invaders and out of 14 temples only two temples are present. The name of Kshetra was changed to Jintu.. .
In the year 1609 A.D. this Kshetra was reconstructed and developed by Shri Veer Sangavi of Bagherwal.
It is said that Samavsharan of Lord Mahaveer came here. Also the Last Shrut Kevali Acharya Bhadrabahu with his 12000 scholars
visited this place. The famous idol of Lord Parsvanath was also
installed by them. The idol called Antariksha Parsvanath is staying in the space 3 inches high from surface without any support,
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