Ponnur Malai Jain temple is an ancient Jain pilgrimage center located in Ponnur Hills in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu in India.
| Ponnur Malai Jain temple | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Ponnur Malai Jain temple | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Jainism |
| Sect | Digambara |
| Deity | Rishabhanatha |
| Festivals | Mahavir Jayanti |
| Location | |
| Location | Ponnur Hills, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu |
  Location within Tamil Nadu | |
| Geographic coordinates | 12°30′05.8″N 79°31′26.9″E / 12.501611°N 79.524139°E |
History
editPonnur Hill marks the place of birth for Jain Acharya Kundakunda.[1] According to Jain beliefs, he visited Videha Kshetra and ascended to Heaven from here.[citation needed]
Temple
editThe temple enshrines an idol of Rishabhanatha inside the mukhya-mandapa.[2] An idol of Jwalamalini was installed inside the temple in 1733 CE. The temple is noted for the worship of the tutelary deity Jwalamalini, who is popular among devotees.[3][4][2] On Sundays, there is a tradition of carrying the image of Jwalamalini to the shrine of Helacharya, the originator of Jwalamalini tantric practices, in Nilgiri Mountains.[5][6]
The temple houses the footprints, which are annually anointed.[1][7]
Gallery
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Idol of Kundakunda -
Rishabhanatha -
Entrance
References
editCitations
edit- ^ a b Titze & Bruhn 1998, p. 72.
- ^ a b Nandi 1973, p. 155.
- ^ Hiltebeitel 1988, p. 315.
- ^ Umamaheshwari 2018, p. 198.
- ^ Reddy 1979, p. 498.
- ^ Settar 1969, p. 310.
- ^ Jain 2023, p. 85.
Sources
edit- Hiltebeitel, Alf (1988). The Cult of Draupadi, Mythologies: From Gingee to Kuruksetra. Vol. 1. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226340463.
- Jain, Pankaj (2023). Modern Jainism: A Historical Approach. Springer. ISBN 9789819924851.
- Titze, Kurt; Bruhn, Klaus (1998). Jainism: A Pictorial Guide to the Religion of Non-Violence (2 ed.). Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-1534-6.
- Nandi, Ramendra Nath Nandi (1973). Religious Institutions and Cults in the Deccan, C. A.D. 600-A.D. 1000. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 9780842605649.
- Reddy, A. R. Ramachandra (1979). "Bangaramma Of Alaganipadu". Indian History Congress. 40: 496–500. JSTOR 44141991. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- Settar, S. (1969). "The Cult of Jvālāmālinī and the Earliest Images of Jvālā and Śyāma". Artibus Asiae. 31 (4): 309–20. doi:10.2307/3249339. JSTOR 3249339. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- Umamaheshwari, R. (2018). Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation. Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures. Vol. 2. Springer. ISBN 9788132237563.
External links
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