Girnarji App is especially developed for the use of Jain NRIs who are leaving overseas.
With the help of this mobile app, you can be a Girnar Yatra Leader (Sanghpati) from overseas. You can contribute a Girnar Yatra ticket for one or more person by paying online through this app. The approximate cost for one ticket is USD18 / AUD25 / GBP14.
From your contribution you not only taking advantage of becoming a Girnar Yatra Leader (sanghpati) but also you become a part of this very special and unique campaign which uses your contribution for a development of Girnar Mahatirth and bring more and more devotees over there. With that reason, proudly your name will be mentioned in a list of contributors in the mobile app.
Whenever we receive tickets for 50 people, a dedicated and experienced team of Girnarji App will take those many devotees from India to visit Girnar at FREE OF COST. As a result of this, more and more devotees will encouraged to visit Girnar, and it’s development will have significant impact. You will receive updates of such girnar yatra through mobile notifications.
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Girnar is as significant as Shetrunjay Mahatirth which is difficult to describe in words. And for a continuous development of such mahatirth, this special campaign has been taken in place.
We encourage Jain NRIs to be a part of this campaign, and contribute Girnar yatra ticket and support Girnar Mahatirth.
It is next to impossible to lay out the greatness and glory of Shatrunjay Tirth (Palitana). Likewise, it is difficult to do the same for Girnar Tirth, which is considered to be the 5th peak of Shatrunjay Tirth. Our sages of the past too have sung glory of Girnar in various scriptures. Below is a glimpse of the greatness of Girnar Tirth based on these scriptures.
- Girnar is the place where 10 Tirthankaras from the previous time cycle (Chovishi) attained emancipation (Moksha Kalyanak).
- Girnar is the place where the 22nd Tirthankar of the current time cycle i.e. Lord Neminath accepted monkhood (Diksha Kalyanak), attained absolute knowledge (Kevalgyan Kalyanak) and got emancipation (Moksha Kalyanak).
- Girnar is the place where all the 24 Tirthankaras of the next time cycle will attain emancipation (Moksha Kalyanak).
- Girnar is the place which has the oldest idol of Lord Neminath in the existing world.
- Girnar is the place, whose form is worshipped by the celestial beings residing in heaven, the demons residing in hell and kings residing in the mortal world of humans.
- Girnar is the place, mere touch of which ensures that poverty does not befall upon one not only in this life but in future lives as well.
- People, who meditate upon Girnar regularly even while staying far away, get liberated within four lives.
- The presiding goddess of Girnar, Shri Ambika Devi, who in the past helped many noble souls even today makes her presence felt at Girnar.
- Located on Girnar, there are many divine craters with special juices that are capable of converting matter into gold and fulfilling all desires of the seekers.
- In the caves of Girnar are instated 72 idols of the 24 Tirthankaras, each from previous, current and next time cycles.
Acharya Himanshusuriji Maharajsaheb was especially involved in the various services of the Jain religious order so that he could relieve himself partly from the indebtedness he owed to the Jain order. Once, during his Yatra to Girnar, he experienced unprecedented joy upon visiting the holy places of Diksha (renunciation) and Kevalgyan (enlightenment) Kalayanaks of the 22nd Tirthankar Lord Neminath. He felt deplored on seeing the declining importance of holy places like Sahasavan at Girnar Tirth.
He contemplated for the upliftment of this site and creation of a place of worship so that significance of the place could be restored and holy foot prints of Lord Neminath could be preserved well. Upon his polite request to the establishment and with great efforts by laymen, upliftment work of Sahasavan began. This work that began under very difficult circumstances is almost accomplished. Today, a magnificent and unique Jain temple resembling the abode of Vaimanik Dev (type of demi-gods) has been created. And four-direction facing idols of Lord Neminath have been installed there which remind us of heavenly pavilion or three tiered circular divine preaching hall/assembly called Samvasaran of Lord Neminath.
This Samvasaran temple also includes delightful idols of Living Lord Neminath (“Living” in this context means that this idol was consecrated during the time of Lord Neminath himself) and his younger brother Rahanemi. Temple also includes idols of 24 Titrthankars of the next cycle and a yellow stone idol of Lord Padmanabh – the first amongst the next 24 Tirthankaras.
A conch cave (called Ratna Mangal Nirvan Gufa) has also been created on the posterior side of this temple which provides conducive environment for meditation as well as Jaap (chanting of Mantra).