Siddhachalam

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Siddhachalam
Sushil Kumarji
Date established1983
Temple(s)2
Website
www.siddhachalam.org
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Siddhachalam is the first Jain Tirtha (pilgrimage site) located outside of India. Founded in 1983 by Sushil Kumar, it is located on a 108-acre (44ha) site in rural New Jersey, United States.[1] Siddhachalam (Hindi: siddha, liberated souls; achal, a permanent place, as a mountain) literally means the abode of liberated souls.

History

In 1980, Sushil Kumar encouraged his disciples to acquire a long-abandoned children's summer camp and founded an

Jinas. The ashram maintains the only Jain monastery outside India.[2] Siddhachalam has become an important center of Jain conferences and an important Jain pilgrimage.[3] The center houses idols from all Jain sects, given that American Jains have sought to not bring in sectarian differences from India.[4]

In 2012, Siddhachalam became the site for the world's first full-scale, complete replication of Shikharji, the most important place of pilgrimage for the Jains. Shikharji at Siddhachalam is the first Jain place of pilgrimage outside India.[5]

The main temple has marble idols of the

Mahāvīra, Chandraprabha and Shantinatha.[1]
There is also a small temple where the main idol is Pārśva.

The ashram is also a nature preserve and wildlife sanctuary.[6]

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References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Richardson 2014, p. 162.
  2. ISBN 9780786457274
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  3. ISBN 9780754638568
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  4. ISBN 9788170336389
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  5. ^ Richardson 2014, p. 174.
  6. ISBN 9781438108735
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