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Multi-periodSite Name: Girnar -Jungadh Alternative Name: Kalu Giri
Country: India Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Jungadh
Latitude: 21.526960N  Longitude: 70.523023E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
1 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Girnar -Jungadh submitted by Andy B : Junagah - Girnar, Gujarat - India Creative Commons image by Emmanual Dyan (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in India. Girnar is located in the Junagadh region which is 327km from Ahmedabad (the largest city in Gujarat), in the state of Gujarat, India. Since the 3rd century, Girnar has been a major religious place.

Girnar is also a sacred place for Jains and the Hindus. Girnar Temples is known to be the “anthology of mountains” which contains about five mountains. The tallest among the mountains is 945 meters high. The first mountain contains Shwetamber and Digambar temples (Jain temples), these temples stand as a fine example in terms of architecture which portray the carvings on the temple structures.
There are almost 8,000 steps located from the starting point of the first peak to the very last shrine. Girnar is a sacred place for Jains and Hindus, which attracts a large number of pilgrims. The pilgrims climb all 8,000 steps barefoot as a belief that a person who climbs all the steps barefoot reaches Heaven.

Note: Stupa from Mauryan era found in Gir sanctuary
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Girnar -Jungadh
Girnar -Jungadh submitted by Andy B : Junagah - Girnar, Gujarat - India Creative Commons image by Emmanual Dyan (Vote or comment on this photo)

Girnar -Jungadh
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Re: Stupa from Mauryan era found in Gir sanctuary by Runemage on Wednesday, 18 May 2011
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A little info on Stupas http://www.songtsen.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=182&Itemid=45&lang=
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Stupa from Mauryan era found in Gir sanctuary by Andy B on Wednesday, 18 May 2011
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Stupa (a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics) from Mauryan era (321 to 185 BC) found in Gir sanctuary.

The recent discovery of a stupa in Girnar sanctuary by Delhi University historian Dr Nayanjot Lahiri has suddenly caught the attention of not only archaeologists but even the environment minister Jairam Ramesh.

Ramesh has written to chief minister Narendra Modi asking for a complete archaeological survey of Girnar sanctuary as well as Sasan Gir sanctuary. "Lahiri recommends a thorough archaeological survey of the Girnar Reserve Sanctuary and Sasan Gir which, she believes, will reveal that the forest there have protected not merely wildlife but our historic heritage as well," he said.

The Girnar sanctuary is home to around 24 lions, while the Sasan Gir sanctuary is home to over 290 lions. The stupa in question is locally called Lakha Medi and is near the Bhordevi temple.

Originally, this stupa might have been more than 50 feet high and its core is of solid brick. Ramesh said that this might well be a Mauryan stupa. Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh and the stupa at Piprahwa in Uttar Pradesh also have solid bricks cores. These old bricks are being used by the Bhordevi temple to build new structures.

More in the Times of India
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-07/rajkot/29520028_1_stupa-sanchi-girnar-forest
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Re: Girnar -Jungadh by motist on Tuesday, 27 July 2010
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More:

http://famouswonders.com/girnar-temples-in-junagadh/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girnar

http://scriptures.ru/india/gujarat/junagarh/indexen.htm
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