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Girnar, Junagadh district, Gujarat · 21.5267°, 70.5232°
The principal and largest of the Jain temples on Girnar hill, dedicated to Neminatha, whose oldest surviving portion was raised about 1129 CE by Sajjana, the Chaulukya governor of Saurashtra. It anchors one of the most important Jain pilgrimage hills in western India.
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.
A layman named Ratnasar is said to have bathed an ancient clay image until it dissolved, and after a fast of twenty-one days to have received a stone image of Neminatha from the demi-goddess Ambika, consecrated in Vikram Samvat 980.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chaulukya (Solanki)
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