Girnar
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Girnar is an ancient hill in Junagadh, Gujarat, India. It is one of the holiest pilgrimages of Jains, a Mahatirth, where the 22nd Tirthaṅkar, Lord Neminath attained omniscience, and later nirvana at its highest peak (Neminath Shikhar), along with other five hundred and thirty three enlightened sages. This is well described in ancient texts such as Kalpa Sūtra written by acharya Bhadrabāhu and Shri Uttaradhyayana Sutra by Arya Sudharmaswami. It is administered by the Junagadh Municipal Corporation.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Girnar Mount
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- Girnar 1.jpg
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- Girnar
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- Mount Girnar
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- India#India Gujarat
- Mountain.location
- Junagadh, Gujarat
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 1145
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1130
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- List of Indian states and territories by highest point, Ribu
- Mountain.other_name
- ગિરનાર પર્વત Revatak Parvata
- Mountain.type
- Igneous
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 1117
- Image
- Dattatreya Temple of Girnar.JPG
- Width
- 15
- Length
- 16
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16 sectionsContents
- Geology
- History
- Ashoka edicts
- Jain sources
- Jaina Inscriptions
- Girnar Ropeway
- Jain Temples
- Ambika Temple
- Hindu Temples
- Girnar's Initial trek
- Current situation at Neminath Shikhar
- Festivals
- Tanks
- See also
- References
- Works cited
Girnar is an ancient hill in Junagadh, Gujarat, India. It is one of the holiest pilgrimages of Jains, a Mahatirth, where the 22nd Tirthaṅkar, Lord Neminath attained omniscience, and later nirvana at its highest peak (Neminath Shikhar), along with other five hundred and thirty three enlightened sages. This is well described in ancient texts such as Kalpa Sūtra written by acharya Bhadrabāhu and Shri Uttaradhyayana Sutra by Arya Sudharmaswami. It is administered by the Junagadh Municipal Corporation.
==Geology== Mount Girnar is a major igneous plutonic complex which intruded into the basalts towards the close of the Deccan Trap period. The rock types identified in this complex are gabbros (tholeiitic and alkalic), diorites, lamprophyres, alkali-syenites and rhyolites. The parent gabbroic magma is shown to have given rise in sequence to diorites, lamprophyres and alkali-syenites. The rhyolite, though previously considered as a product of differentiation, is now believed to be an independent magma without any genetic link with the gabbro and its variants.
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