Jain heritage of Southern Odisha~
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Subei: The place Visited by Shri Parshwanath tirthankar and Shri Mahavira. this is the land of the famed "Kalinga Jina " which was installed by Gandhar Sudharma. This is the land which once had more than 200 Jain temples
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This is the land where Acharya Bhadrabahu did Anashana (Santhara) and attained Kaldharma.
This is the land where an Agam Vachana took place to compile parts of the lost Agam, Drushtivada
Yes, This is the land of Odisha !
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This part of odisha, covered with dense forest and vally of eastern ghats.
That's why the area once known as Jhadakhanda.
Jhada= forest
Khanda refers area in odia.
Where numbers of Jain theerthankar used to come for meditation
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Jainism, and the Jain heritage of Odisha has now been lost in the pages of history. But one should know
The revered Jain Agam, Shri Uttaradhyayan Sutra mentions that Lord Parshwanath visited this region in 850 BC when the King was great Avakinnayo Karakandu in Kalinga
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During 530 -510 BC - Emperor Shrenik Bimbisara of the Magadha empire, who was a great devotee of Lord Mahavir made a pilgrimage to Kumari Parvat of odisha and constructed a beautiful temple on the hill and placed a golden idol of Lord Adinatha.
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As per Jain scriptures like Shri Bhagwati Sutra,Shri Avashyak Sutra, Harivansh Purana& Haribhadravritti, Lord Mahavir visited various places like Valuyagam,Subhoma, Atabi,Succheta Malaya, & Tosali in Kalinga after 11 years of Diksha
Atavi is present Koraput.
To be continued..