Hastinapur

Basic facts about Hastinapur
Nearest Airport –Delhi Approx. 120 Km
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Hastinapur or Hastinapuram - (Sanskrit) Hastin (elephant) and puram
(city) is a city which might have been named so because of the existence of a huge number
of elephants in the forests adjoining this place there is an another interpretation states that
this region was ruled by a king ‘Hastin’ of ‘Kuru Vansha’. It is located on the right bank of an
old bed of the Ganga, known in literature and tradition as the capital of the Kauravas of the
Mahabharata epic. Three Jaina tirthankaras, Sailtinatha, Kunthunatha and Aranatha, are
also believed to have been associated with Hastinapura.

Major Attractions of Hastinapur
•Jambudweep Jain Temple
•Astapad Jain Temple
•Shri Kailash Parvat Jain Temple
•Pandaveshwar Temple
•Karna Temple
•Draupadi Ghat
•Birth place of Panch Pyare Bhai
.Dharam Singh
•Hastinapur Sanctuary

Jambudweep Jain Temple
•Sumeru Parvat
• Lotus Temple
•Teen Murti Mandir
•Meditation Temple
•Teen Lok Rachna
•OM Mandir
•Navgrah Mandir
•Badi Murti etc
Jambudweep Jain Temple is a marvelous sculpture structure of Jain Geography which
has been constructed with white and coloured marble stones. The premises has various Jain
temples as follow.

Sumeru Parvat - Jambudweep Jain Temple
Sumeru Parvat (Mountain) is located at
the middle of Jambudweep which is 101
ft. high made of light pink marble.

Lotus Temple or Kamal Mandir - Jambudweep Jain Temple
It is a small temple in
the courtyard of
Jambudweep. It is a
House of Worship,
popularly known as the
Lotus Temple or Kamal
Mandir, is a Jain House
of Worship and also a
prominent attraction in
Hastinapur. It was
completed in 1989.

Teen Murti Mandir -Jambudweep Jain Temple
The Teen Murthy Mandir is a 5 feet high white
coloured marble idol of Lord Adinath in
Kayotsarga is consecrated in the main vedhi,
this idol is flanked by the idols of Bharat and
Bahubali on its right and left respectively.
Around 5 feet high black coloured idols of
Lord Neminath and Parshwanath in
padmasana are installed on the right and left
vedhis flanking the main vedhi. Idols of
Dharanendra Yaksha and Padmavathi Yakshi;
Gomukha Yaksha and Chakreshwari Yakshi,
Kshetrapala; Acharya Adisagarji and Acharya
Shanthisagarji can also be found at this
temple.

Astapad Jain Temple
It is the tallest (151 ft (46 m)) brick structure. The entire structure has four entrances and built
over eight floors (ground + seven) are very huge and at the seventh floor there is a temple
dedicated to Lord Adinath.

Shri Kailash Parvat Jain Temple
Kailash parvat is known as the place of salvation of Lord Adinath. This temple consists of a
group of 72 small temples and a main temple. The 72 temples are dedicated to the trikala
Tirthankaras i.e. the Tirthankaras belonging to all the three periods (past, present and
future).

Pandaveshwar Temple
Old Pandeshwar Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and assumed as 7000 years old . A statue
of Goddess Kali and many Hindu Ashrams are also present on hillock of ruins.

Karna Temple
Karna temple 5000 B.C. lies on the bank of old ravine of Ganges. The Shivling inside Karna
temple is said to be established by Karna, one of the central figure in the epic of
Mahabharata.

Draupadi Ghat
On the bank of the Budhi Ganga, two places known as Draupadi Ghat and Kama Ghat
remind one of the Mahabharata personages.

Birth place of Panch Pyare Bhai Dharam Singh
There is a small Gurdwara
located in a village Saifpur,
about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) away
from Hastinapur. Bhai
Dharam Singh (1666–1708)
was one of the Panj Pyare
(Punjabi) or the Five
Beloved, the forerunners of
Khalsa. He was born here
and the son of Bhai Sant
Ram of this village Saifpur.

Hastinapur Sanctuary
The Hastinapur Sanctuary sprawling in an area of 2073 km2 and it was founded in 1986, in Meerut, Ghaziabad,
Bijnore and Jyotiba Phule Nagar.The population of the wild animals includes various species of animals including
antelope, sambhar, cheetal, blue bull, leopard, hyena, wild cat, and different types of birds. It is also houses of
alligators.
•Mammals – Leopard, Wild Cats, Monkey, Fox, Wolf, Jackals, Mongoose, Bijju, Deers, Wild Hogs, Hares/Rabbits,
Musk-Rats and Bats etc inhabit the Sanctuary prolifically.
•Amphibians /Reptiles – Turtles, Python, Cobra Krait and viper are found in large numbers in the region. Crocodiles
are also commonly found.
•Birds – Brown Partridges, Black Partridge, Quail, Peacock , Pigeon, Falcons and Hawks, Spotted Bill, Cranes, Eagles,
Owls, White Vulture, Cuckoo and Nightingales. Kingfishers, Mynahs, Red-Vented Bulbuls, Sparrows, Baya etc are
found in abundance in the region.

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