Shatrunjaya, Palitana

Spend a Day at Palitana Temples of Shatrunjaya

The Palitana temples sit on Shatrunjaya hill, 51 km southwest of Bhavnagar in Gujarat. You climb on foot or by doli, about 3,501 steps by the trust’s count, and the ascent takes two to three hours. Two facts decide if…

Jain Temples in Gujarat

Jain Temples of Gujarat

Gujarat is one of the strongholds of Jainism. It is a well-known fact that wherever Jains reside they will build a temple, locally known as derasar. There are thousands of Jain temples dotting the landscape of Gujarat but it is…