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Sonagiri
(Shri Digamber Jain Siddha Shetra )
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Location:
Sonagiri is located Datia 15
km (By Road) 15 km (By Train) from Datia and 45 km (By Road)
48 km (By Train) from Jhansi For transport a Bus of Sonagiri
Kshetra is available at Sonagiri Railway Station.
Sonagiri tirth is pure
natural environment, hilly and scene of beautiful temples with
high spires looks very attractive, pleasing to eyes & mind.
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Sonagiri
is a sacred place popular among devotees & ascetic saints
to practice for self discipline, austerity and to attain
Nirvana since the time of Bhagwan Chandraprabhu. Five & half Crores of ascetic saints have
achieved salvation (Moksha or Nirvana) from here.
The Samavsharan of Bhagwan Chandraprabhu came here for 17 times.
Nang, Anang, Chintagati, Poornachand, Ashoksen, Shridatta,
Swarnbhadra and many other saints achieved salvation from here.
This is the unique place known as Laghu Sammed Shikhar covering the
area of 132 acres of two hills. There are 77 beautiful Jain temples
with sky high spires, Temple No. 57 is main among them. Acharya Shubh Chandra & Bhartrihari lived and worked here for
spiritual achievements. They completed here some texts also.
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Digambar temple on
hill is the main temple. This is vast in size, very beautiful,
having attractive artistic spire, in this temple principal deity are
Lord Chandraprabhu, 11 feet in height and two other beautiful idols
of Lord Sheetalnath & Parsvanath are installed. There is a
column of dignity (Manstambh) near temple 43 feet in height and an
attractive model of Samavsharan, big in size is also here. More than
77 temples are located on hill. There are 26 temples in the village,
most of them are very old. At Kund-Kund Nagar, on 25 feet high plate form, a colossus of Lord
Bahubali in standing posture 18 feet in height has been installed,
below it a hall is built to practice the meditation.
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Management
committee : (The entire hill area is managed by
Sonagiri Samrakshini Committee. Its office works from Temple
No. 14.)
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Shri
Digambar Jain Siddha
Shetra Sonagiri Samrakshini Committee. Place & Post – Sonagiri, Dist. – Datia (M.P.) Pin –
475685 Phone 07522 – 262222, 262375, 262223
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