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Sammed Sikharji is the oldest Jain temple (Derasar) situated on height of approx. 4000 ft. from sea level.
It is situated in Jharkhand, on Parasnath Hills. On Sammed sikharji 20 out of 24 Jain tirthankaras attained Moksha, so it is holiest place for Jain Religion. It covers 27 kms area with approx. 12000 steps as well as walking pathways.

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Sammed Shikharji

One can reach there by road from Parasnath Railway station which is nearest railway station from Sikharji approx. 01 hour

Whole hill is having very beautiful view. It is having about 31 different tonks of different Tirthankaras. One can go by walk as well as by Doli (02 or 04 person carry Pilgrims on their shoulder). On the way one can pray at different tonks at different heights.


At first there is Gautam Swami tonk, which is at approx. half distance from Taleti (Starting point of Hill). After that there is 03 different ways, One is going to Jal Mandir which is main temple for Jain pilgrims, second is going towards Parhvanathprabhu tonk and third one is going to Chandraprabhu tonk which is highest as well as far away from all other tonks.


One has to go specially to Chandraprabhu tonk as it is in different direction from all other tonks. Mostly all pilgrims do Puja at Jalmandir by taking bath there only at derasar. Some strict pilgrims neither eat nor drink anything till they reach Jalmandir. Sometimes in rainy or foggy season Jalmandir is covered by clouds and it is awesome view from top of mountain.


Parshvanathprabhu as well as Chandrprabhu tonk is located at more height than Jalmandir, so it is having very beautiful view.


Pilgrims start Yatra (Tour) to hill at early morning at around 3.30 to 4.00 o'clock in morning so they can reach Jalmandir till 10 o'clock. If someone will go to all tonks it will take approx. 12 hours to return to Taleti.


Shwetambars and Digambars both are doing Yatra as there are temples for both of them. All the pilgrims use stick to climb hill for support as well as for balance.


Before starting yatra every one go to Bhomiyaji dada temple which is located at Taleti. It is believed that if you forget your way to top Bhomiyaji will guide you.


Doliwalas eat only rice and dal during their journey towards top Hill. They make doli with chair on it so you feel comfortable during your journey. They are very good to maintain rhythm while climbing on hill.

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Sammed Shikharji

Sikharji is the holiest and old pilgrimage site for Jains so it have more value for Jains.


Before some time some person have tried to capture this pilgrimage under their religion. For that every Jains have protest in all over India by Maun rally and also give letter to government authorities to stop such bad influences. Govt. has given surety of not making sikharji a tourist place. Jain people have asked govt. to stop making it tourist place so that value of it don't get reduced as well the glory of such holiest place maintained.


Around sikharji some more holy temples are also available for which Jain have too much value also like Pavapuri, Lachhwad, Rujuvalika, Kshatriya kund etc. All places have their diff. glory and they are known for their own story.

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