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A great experience
To reach this set of jain temples, located on a shoulder of the mountain Girnar, I advise the climb on foot, which is a beautiful experience. You don’t need to be an accomplished athlete to climb the 3800 steps, which are regular and not too high. I recommend to leave early in the morning (ideally around 6.30 am) because at this time the journey to the temples is done in the shade. The path is dotted with huts selling food and drinks. I also advise to bring a stick (for rent in the shops below) and a small backpack with 1 liter of water and some energy sweets. Left at 6.30, I arrived at the temples around 9 am. Past the entrance gate of the temples, we find on the left a smaller portal that gives access to the two temples that can be visited (the others, smaller, are closed, except one which is a little further to the right). Admission is free, but cameras, phones and sticks must be placed in locked lockers. The temples cannot compare to those of Palitana for architectural and sculptural quality, but there are some interesting statues and reliefs. It is forbidden to photograph, but it is easy, after the visit, to climb the path leading to the summit for a few tens of meters to have a panoramic view from outside the enclosure. Count one and a half hours for the descent in order to be in town for lunch. Girnar Hill is a jain hill, but the Hindu supremacists colonized it, dotting the staircase with chapels populated by armed monsters covered with cut flowers, things that the non-violent jains hate, which causes tensions between the two communities.
It is forbidden to photograph inside the jain enclosure and almost impossible to find photos on the internet, hence the poor quality of the old representations of curious high-reliefs adorning the interior of the domes of the main temple.
A marble board inside the temples remind us that these Jain holy places were protected by the great Nawab of Junagadh, who was very tolerant and one of the best rulers of pre-independence India (have a look at my video
A great experience
To reach this set of jain temples, located on a shoulder of the mountain Girnar, I advise the climb on foot, which is a beautiful experience. You don’t need to be an accomplished athlete to climb the 3800 steps, which are regular and not too high. I recommend to leave early in the morning (ideally around 6.30 am) because at this time the journey to the temples is done in the shade. The path is dotted with huts selling food and drinks. I also advise to bring a stick (for rent in the shops below) and a small backpack with 1 liter of water and some energy sweets. Left at 6.30, I arrived at the temples around 9 am. Past the entrance gate of the temples, we find on the left a smaller portal that gives access to the two temples that can be visited (the others, smaller, are closed, except one which is a little further to the right). Admission is free, but cameras, phones and sticks must be placed in locked lockers. The temples cannot compare to those of Palitana for architectural and sculptural quality, but there are some interesting statues and reliefs. It is forbidden to photograph, but it is easy, after the visit, to climb the path leading to the summit for a few tens of meters to have a panoramic view from outside the enclosure. Count one and a half hours for the descent in order to be in town for lunch. Girnar Hill is a jain hill, but the Hindu supremacists colonized it, dotting the staircase with chapels populated by armed monsters covered with cut flowers, things that the non-violent jains hate, which causes tensions between the two communities.
It is forbidden to photograph inside the jain enclosure and almost impossible to find photos on the internet, hence the poor quality of the old representations of curious high-reliefs adorning the interior of the domes of the main temple.
A marble board inside the temples remind us that these Jain holy places were protected by the great Nawab of Junagadh, who was very tolerant and one of the best rulers of pre-independence India (have a look at my video
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