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Bhelupur Jain Temple (Parshvanath birthplace)भेलूपुर जैन मंदिर (पार्श्वनाथ जन्मस्थली)

Jains hold Bhelupur as the place of three kalyanakas of Parshvanath, the 23rd Tirthankara: his conception, birth and renunciation, some 2,800 years ago. Digambar and Shwetambar temples stand side by side, and Jain images found here date to the 9th–11th centuries.

The Shwetambar Jain temple at Bhelupur

Tips

  • Leather items are left outside; visit before noon when the temples are open.
  • Sarnath also has a Jain temple to Shreyansanath, the 11th Tirthankara, born nearby.

How to reach

  • 3.3 km from Varanasi Junction (Cantt) station in a straight line
  • 22.1 km from Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport in a straight line
  • 1.3 km from Godowlia crossing, where cars stop for the old city in a straight line

Straight-line distances; by road through the lanes it is further.

Directions in Google MapsView on OpenStreetMap

Sources: Wikipedia — Parshvanath Jain temples, Varanasi · Kashi Official Web Portal — Parshvanath Digambar Jain Temple, Bhelupur

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