Sonagiri Siddh khsetra is a very holy place for Jains.
This sacred place is popular among devotees & ascetic saints to practice for self discipline, austerity and to attain Nirvana (Salvation) since the time of Bhagwan Chandraprabhu (The 8th Teerthankar), Five & half Crores of ascetic saints have achived salvation (Moksha or Nirvana) from here.
The Samavsharan of Bhagwan Chandraprabhu came here for 17 times. Nang, Anang, Chintagati, Poornachand, Ashoksen, Shridatta, Swarnbhadra and many other saints achieved salvation from here.
This is the unique place known as Laghu Sammed Shikhar covering the area of 132 acres of two hills. There are 77 beautiful Jain temples with sky high spires, Temple No. 57 is main among them.
Acharya Shubh Chandra & Bhartrihari lived and worked here for spiritual achievements. They completed here some texts also.
Main Temple & Idol :
Temple No. 57 on hill is the main temple. This is vast in size, very beautiful, having
attractive artistic spire, in this temple principal deity are Lord Chandraprabhu, 11 feet in height and two other beautiful idols of Lord Sheetalnath & Parsvanath are installed. There is a column of dignity (Manstambh) near temple 43 feet in height and an attractive model of Samavsharan, big in size is also here.
Other Temple :
Other more than 77 temples on hill, there are 26 temples in the village, most of them are old enough.
At Kund-Kund Nagar, on 25 feet high plate form, a colossus of Lord Bahubali in standing posture 18 feet in height has been installed, below it a hall is built to practice the meditation.
Attractive models of Sammedshikar, Girnar, Champapur and Pavapur are constructed here. These are the places of salvation (Nirvana Kshetra) of 24 Teerthankars, images are pleasing to eyes.
In all the Dharmashalas separate temples are built, details are as below: -
Bhattarka Kothi Principal deity Bhagwan Shantinath
Beespanthi Kothi (Temple of Mirrors) Principal deity Bhagwan Anantnath
Terapanthi Kothi Principal deity Bhagwan Parsvanath
Tyagi Vrati Ashram Principal deity Bhagwan Chandraprabhu
Kund-Kund Nagar Principal deity Bhagwan Bahubali
Delhiwali Dharmshala Principal deity Bhagwan Chandraprabhu
Pure natural environment, hilly are and scene of beautiful temples with high spires looks very attractive, pleasing to eyes & mind.
The place is really awesome and very easy to reach.It is very well connected by Jhansi or Gwalior.There is a railway station also by the name Sonagir.The trains from Delhi are as follows:-
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Train No. |
Train Name |
Origin |
Dep.Time |
Destination |
Arr.Time |
Days Of Run |
|
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
S |
|
1058 |
+ASR DR EXPRESS |
*NEW DELHI |
20:55 |
SONAGIR |
04:02 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
8238 |
+CHHATISGARH EXP |
*NEW DELHI |
04:05 |
SONAGIR |
12:23 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
You can catch any one of the trains according to your feasibility.From Jhasi and Gwalior,you get frequest buses,taxis etc.