Shatrunjaya or Shetrunjaya ("place of victory against inner enemies") [1] originally Pundarikgiri, are hills located by the city of Palitana, in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. They are situated on the banks of the Shetrunji River at an elevation 164 feet (50 m) above sea level.

These are the Palitana hills, historically called the Shatrunjaya Hills. [9] The word Shatrunjaya is interpreted as a "place of victory". [9] According to Paul Dundas, a scholar of Jainism, Shatrunjaya hill literally means "the hill which conquers enemies". [10]

2020年6月29日 · Shatrunjaya Hill is known as ‘a place of victory over inner enemies’. There are 3500 steps to reach the top of the hill. Distributed across two summits, there are all in all 863 temples making it the largest temple complex in the world.

Shatrunjaya – Mount Śatruñjaya – is one of the paramount holy places for Jains, especially the Śvetāmbara Mūrti-pūjakas. A large hill with two summits outside Palitana in Gujarat, 40 kilometres from Bhavnagar, Shatrunjaya has a special connection with Ṛṣabhanātha or Lord Ṛṣabha.

One of Jainism’s holiest pilgrimage sites, Shatrunjaya is an incredible hill studded with temples, built over 900 years. It is said that Adinath (also known as Rishabha), the founder of Jainism, meditated beneath the rayan tree at the summit.

At a distance of 9 km from the Palitana Railway Station, Shatrunjaya Hill is a sacred hill situated at Palitana town in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat. It is one of the holiest pilgrimage sites for the Jains and among the must-visit places as part of Palitana holiday packages.

2012年7月24日 · The Shatrunjaya Hill site is huge and pilgrimage rites are difficult for such an ascetic religion. The hill's 3,950 steps often take three hours to climb, with the elderly often hiring a dholi,...

2021年2月10日 · When talking about Jain Temples in India, Shatrunjaya Hills inevitably comes to mind. The place is sacred to Jains across the world, located 164 ft above sea level. The sacred hill has a total of 865 temples, and pilgrims walk uphill (a …

More than a thousand shrines are found nestled on the twin summits of Mount Shatrunjaya in northwest India. For more than a millennium, this temple city—which offers stunning views of the surrounding landscape—has been built and rebuilt, and is one of …

2016年12月13日 · The Holiest Hill Shatrunjaya is before us with its peak beautified with thousands of Jain Temples. The ridges of the two hills, two thousand feet above sea level, are crowded with an incredible collection of temples and shrines having varied description and size.