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Betul border, Madhya Pradesh · 21.3839°, 77.5964°
A Digambara Jain pilgrimage site of fifty-two temples on the Madhya Pradesh–Maharashtra border, established in the tenth century. Its oldest structure is a cave temple of the thirteenth or fourteenth century with an arched, lotus-carved entrance and some fifty-six Tirthankara images, while the seven-hooded Parshvanatha of the twenty-sixth temple is regarded as its finest sculpture.
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.
It is said that saffron and sandalwood rain down here once every eighth century, and that whoever visits, of whatever faith, attains nirvana.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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