Chapter outline and page reference: Introduction 23 Age of Girnar 25 Girnar as an Eruptive Volcano Core 28 Girnar as a Plutonic Intrusion 32 Rock Types and Minerals at Girnar 40 Palaeomagnetism at Girnar 51 Miliolite Limestone at Girnar 52 Soils of Girnar 56 Osam Hill – Geology 57 Osam Hill – Some Miscellaneous Notes … [Read more…]
Figure 1. Map of the Girnar Hills (from 1:250,000 map: Porbandar NF 42-11), with superimposed relief of Girnar from Google Maps. When describing Kathiawar or Saurashtra, Balfour (1885, page 520) remarked that: ‘The highlands are remarkable for isolated mountains, amongst which is Girnar, rising to 3500 feet almost perpendicularly. It occupies the middle of a … [Read more…]
Chapter outline and page reference: Introduction 207 A Dispute between the Mahayana Buddhists and Digambar Jains over Mt Girnar 208 A Dispute between the Svetambar and Digambar Jains over Mt Girnar 210 A Dispute between the Svetambar Jains and the Muslim Darbar of Junagadh State over Sites on the Central Peaks of Mt Girnar 216 … [Read more…]
Chapter outline and page reference: Introduction 181 Intwa 185 Lakha Medi and the Great Boria Stupa 188 Some Further Ancient Sites at Girnar 199 Rathakot 199 Suraj Kund 200 Ramnath 202 Hajam Chora 202 Laxman Tekri 202 Mathura 202 Jogania Hill 202 Gadhesing-ka-Dongar 205 Chapter preview (first three pages only): Figure . Two 7th/8th … [Read more…]
Chapter outline and page reference: Introduction 109 Bhim Kund 119 Chandraprabha Swami Temple 120 Chaumukhji Temple 121 Dharamchand Hemchand Temple 122 Digambar Neminath Temple 123 Gaumukhi Ganga 124 Gumasta Temple 125 Gyanvav Temple 125 Hathi-pagla Kund 126 Kumarapala Temple 128 Mahavir Temple 130 Malakavisi Temple 130 Mallavwala Temple 133 Manoharbhuvan 134 Man Singh Bhoja Raja’s … [Read more…]
Chapter outline and page reference: Introduction 15 Importance of Girnar 17 Neminath 22 Girnar as a Siddha Ksetra for Jain Renunciates 36 Jain Tonks on Mount Girnar 41 First (Pratham) Tonk: Dev-kot 42 Second (Dusri) Tonk: Ambika 43 Third (Tisri) Tonk: Gorakhnath 45 Fourth (Chaturtha) Tonk: Oghad 46 Fifth (Panchvi) Tonk: Datta 48 Seshavan 49 … [Read more…]
Chapter outline and page reference: Girnar Aerial Ropeway Project 290 Girnar Helicopter Service 292 Funicular Train Project 293 Chapter preview (first three pages only): Figure 43. Very modest structural beginnings of the Girnar ropeway project (photo by Wainer 2009). Girnar Aerial Ropeway Project The Girnar ropeway was first envisaged in the 1960s by the Porbandar … [Read more…]
Chapter outline and page reference: Introduction 272 Raivataka Mountain Festival of the Mahabharat 273 Girnar Lili Parikrama 275 Bhavnath Shivaratri 279 Bhadarvi Amas at Damodar Kund 285 Guru Purnima at Dattatrey Peak 285 Vaghesvari Festival 285 Moslem Festivals 286 Jain Festival at Neminath Temple 287 Girnar Climbing Competition 287 Junagadh Festivals 288 Junagadh Girbhi 289 … [Read more…]
Chapter outline and page reference: Ashrams 151 Agni Akhara Ashram 151 Antaryatra Ashram 152 Awahan Akhara Ashram 152 Bharti Ashram 152 Chamunda Ashram 153 Gauda Akhara Ashram 153 Indrabharthi Ashram 153 Juna Akhara Ashram 154 Kashmiri Bapu Ashram 154 Laxman Tekri Ashram 155 Mangalnath Ashram 155 Mauni Bapu Ashram 156 Niranjani Akhara Ashram 156 Osho … [Read more…]
Chapter outline and page reference: Rgveda 49 Ramayana 51 Mahabharat and Harivamsa 52 Antakrta-dasanga 56 Old Testament of the Bible 58 Petavatthu and Paramatthadipani 59 Kalpa Sutra 60 Uttaradhyayana Sutra 61 Kunalavadana 62 Nayadhammakahao 62 Svacchanda Tantra 63 Nirvan-bhakti 64 Avasyaka-sutra 64 Svayambhustotra 65 Sisupalavadha 68 Varaha Puran 71 Harivamsapurana 73 Nayakumaracariu 75 Mulasuddhiprakarana 75 … [Read more…]