Shri Digambar Jain Sidh kshetra Shatrunjayaji, Palitana

Three Pandavas Yudhishthir, Bheem & Arjun attained Nirvan from there. This is a sacred place from where 8 crores of Dravida Kings attained salvation. The Digambar Jain Siddha Kshetra is mentioned in all Ancient Sanskrit and Prakrit texts. As per the text written by Bhattarak Gyan Sagarji, Tirthankar Rushabhdev (Adinath) came here 22 times. A very old ancient Digambar Jain Temple is seen on the hill that has 2500 steps. On the main shrine of temple, the magnificent idol Bhagwan Shantinath is installed in 1630. According to the inscription on idol, a famous businessman of Ahmedabad installed this. In this temple, beautiful standing idols of Yudhishthir, Bheem & Arjun are also installed. In Palitana city at Mandavi Chawk, there is a beautiful magnificent temple of Digamber Jains, with sky-high attractive spires. This was constructed in 1892 and installation ceremony of this temple was organized in 1895 by Seth Shri Haribhai Deokaran & Seth Shri Motichand Padamchand of Solapur under the headship of Bhattaraka Kanak Keerti. Sabha Mandap of the temple is very beautiful. In recent years, this place has gained importance from Shwetambar Jain Community and they have a huge number of temples here