Panchtithi of holy and sacred Tirth Nageshwar :: Jain should do it once in a lifetime

Nageshwar Tirh is one of the most holy and sacred Tirth of Jainism. I am really willing to go there but didn’t get chance to be there so far. Just few days back, One of the strong believer of Jainism from Ahmedabad Mr. Jatin Mehta came from there and got really very useful information about What route should be taken if you willing to go Nageshwar and also wanted to do Panchtithi around. Actually this information is handed over to Mr. Jatin Mehta from Acharya Shri Harshtilak Maharaj Saheb. He has prepared leaf-late with this information and give it to Mr. Jatin to spread a word and help those who are willing to come there.

I am really very thankful to Mr. Jatin Mehta to share this priceless information with all of us.  There are few different ways to do Panchtithi around Nageshwar Tirth. Let us see each of them one by one. All you need to do is, read at any of the below major stations like “Bhopal”, “Meghnagar”, “Indore”, “Ujjain” etc. and can hire a car to have all places around. There is public transportation system available but I heard it is not much good and efficient so if you are planning to see all Tirths in two or three days, it is not possible with is public transportation system.

From Bhopal	KM.	From MeghNagar	KM.
Mahavirgiri Tirth	2	Mohankheda Tirth	60
Aashta Tirth	80	Bhopavar Tirth	15
Makshi Tirth	105	Amizara Tirth	21
Nageshwar Tirth	135	Bhaktamar Tirth	30
Ujjain Tirth	120	Mandavgadh Tirth	39
Hasampura Tirth	14	Hinkargiri Tirth	10
Mohankheda Tirth	140	Ashta Tirth	108
Bhopavar Tirth	15	Makshi Tirth	105
Amizara Tirth	21	Ujjain Tirth	45
Bhaktamar Tirth	30	Hasampura Tirth	14
Mandavgadh Tirth	39	Nageshwar Tirth	134
Hinkargiri Tirth	100	MeghNagar Tirth	260
Bhopal	190
Total	991	Total	841

From Ujjain	KM.	From Nageshwar	KM.
Nageshwar Tirth	120	Makshi Tirth	135
Makshi Tirth	135	Aashta Tirth	105
Aashta Tirth	105	Ujjain Tirth	110
Hinkargiri Tirth	108	Hasampur  Tirth	14
Mandavgadh Tirth	100	Hinkargiri Tirth	60
Bhaktamar Tirth	39	Mandavgadh Tirth	100
Amizara Tirth	30	Bhaktamar Tirth	39
Bhopavar Tirth	21	Amizara Tirth	30
Mohankheda Tirth	15	Bhopavar Tirth	21
Hasampur  Tirth	140	Mohankheda Tirth	15
Ujjain Tirth	14	Nageshwar	210
Total	827	Total	839

From Ratlam	KM.	From Indore	KM.
Semaliya Tirth	20	Shivpur Tirth	60
Nageshwar Tirth	86	Aashta Tirth	110
Makshi Tirth	135	Makshi Tirth	105
Aashta Tirth	105	Nageshwar Tirth	135
Ujjain Tirth	110	Ujjain Tirth	120
Hasampura Tirth	14	Hasampura Tirth	14
Hinkargiri Tirth	60	Mohankheda Tirth	140
Mandavgadh Tirth	100	Bhopavar Tirth	15
Bhaktamar Tirth	39	Amizara Tirth	21
Amizara Tirth	30	Bhaktamar Tirth	30
Bhopavar Tirth	21	Mandavgadh Tirth	39
Mohankheda Tirth	15	Hinkargiri Tirth	100
Ratlam	110	Indore	5
Total	845	Total	894

Apart from all these, if you would like to first go to Nageshwar Tirth and than starts your Panchtithi right from there,  You should go to Alot station from Baroda (if you are from Gujarat) as Nageshwar tirth is only 10 to 12 KM far from Alot station and road is really good between Alot and Nageshwar Tirth.

Reference: Jain Sadhu Maharaj
Prepared By: Ritesh Shah
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Diwali and Jainism (The Festival of Light followed by Jain followers too)

Jain Jinendra,

Diwali, The festival of light, has really deep impact on India and Indians. This is the festival of joy, this is the festival of light, this is the festival of forget and forgive. Not only Hindus but even Jains, Bhuddhist and Shikhs are also enjoying this festival with joy and happiness.

The main reason Jains are following this festival is, 24^th Tirthankara Lord Mahavir Swami got Nirvana (Moksha) on this auspicious and sacred day at Pavapuri on Oct. 15, 527 BCE, on Chaturdashi of Kartika. Principal follower of Lord Mahavira, Guru Gautam Swami also got Keval Gyan (Absolute Wisdom) on this day too.

Jains and Hindus both used to enjoy the festival Diwali but with different method. Hindus used to have fire crackers, sweets, new clothes and lots of fun and parties whereas Jains are enjoying these days with fasting, plainness, donation, go to Jain Monks and listen Vyakhyan (monks used to present the message of Lord Mahavira). By this way Jains are trying to liberate from the bondage of Karmas.

Wish all of you a very happy Diwali and New Year too.

Reference: Jain Sadhu Maharaj
Prepared By: Ritesh Shah
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Updhan Tap in Jainism

Updhan Tap is one of the most wonderful and holy Tap in Jainism. In this Tap, Jain follower needs to live with Jain Sadhu/Sadhvi (Jain Monk) as one of the Monk. This Tap runs for 45 days, if you are doing this first time, second time 35 days and third time 18 days. You can’t do this Tap more than thrice.

During this Tap, you need to have Two Fast (Chhath), Fast (Upvas), Half Fast (Ekasanu), Biyasanu or Aayambil. You may or may not know but Jain Fast is one of the difficult task to do as you are not allowed to have any single grain of food for at  least 32 hours. You can only drink boiled water from sun rise to sun set.

Along with Fast and other things, they have to do some more Kriyas of Jainism like two times Pratikaman, vandana and more. They need to wake up by 3:30AM in the morning and can sleep by 10:00PM.

I am really very proud to say that my mom (Mrs. Divya Ashwinkumar Shah) is doing Updhan Tap second time for 35 days at Palitana, one of the very holy place of Jainism. It has just started on 1^st Oct 09.

Hope she will do well there and finish this Tapashcharya.

Reference: Jain Sadhu Maharaj
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Tour to Dilwara Marble Jain Temple in Mount Abu

27^th Sep 2009 was fabulous day for me. I have once again visited Dilwara’s marvelous marble Jain temple at Mount Abu, Rajashthan, India. I have visited Dilwara temple many times in past but this tour was special as I have visited this temple first time ever with my beautiful wife.

Temple was constructed in part by few different people but originally it has started building in 1031 A.D. It is one of the biggest Jain Temple in the world and marble carving of this temple is really extra ordinary.  Architecturally it is even better than Taj Mahal as per some experts.

Unfortunately I was not able to take any picture or shooting there as it was prohibitive in temple premises but I have found some picture from internet which I am going to share with you.

You can find more details about Dilwara Temple here

Reference: Jain Sadhu Maharaj
Prepared By: Ritesh Shah
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