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High medieval · Jain · India

Arahanthgiri Jain Math

Tirumalai, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu · 12.2200°, 79.0700°

NeminathaUndetermined
Sacred since
1100 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
12th-c. main image; math re-established 1998
Undetermined

History & significance

A Jain hill complex at Tirumalai in the Tiruvannamalai district whose principal 16-metre image of Neminatha is assigned to the twelfth century, with the ancient site now under the Archaeological Survey of India. A modern math was established beside it in August 1998.

Sthala katha — the traditional account

What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.

The last Shrutakevali Bhadrabahu is said to have stayed on this hill with eight thousand ascetics to practise meditation and swadhyaya.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined