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High medieval · Jain · India

Muktagiri

Betul border, Madhya Pradesh · 21.3839°, 77.5964°

Mahavira (52 temples; Parshvanatha in temple 26)Undetermined
Sacred since
900 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
temples 13th–14th c.; site from the 10th c.
Undetermined

History & significance

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.

Sthala katha — the legend

It is said that saffron and sandalwood rain down here once every eighth century, and that whoever visits, of whatever faith, attains nirvana.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined