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valley, a distance of 13 kilometres (8.1 mi). Palitana town is at the base of the foothills, 56 kilometres (35 mi) from Bhavanagar. The topography is rugged while the landscape is drought-affected.
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There are several alternate spellings, including Śatruñjaya, Satrunjaya, Shetrunja, and Shetrunjo. Shatrunjaya was also known as Pundarikgiri as Pundarik Swami was said to have attained
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The name for Mount 'Shatrunjaya' where it is located, means a "place of victory" or "which conquers enemies".
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town is to its north, and a river flows between the two hills. Legend states that the hill is a part of the
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at an elevation 164 feet (50 m) above sea level. These hills have similarities to other hills where
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the Shatrunjaya hills covering a distance of 216 kilometres (134 mi) on foot, offering prayers.
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The Jain's sacred hill of Shatrunjaya have 865 temples atop itself. The hills were sanctified when
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here. His shrine located opposite to the main Adinath temple, built by Son of Rishabha, Bharata.
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This article is about the Shatrunjaya hills. For the Jain temple complex, see
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or Shetrunjaya ("place of victory against inner enemies") originally
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Dr Linda Kay Davidson; David Martin Gitlitz (1 November 2002).
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Palitana Jain temples

Elevation
Coordinates
21°28′6″N 71°48′0″E / 21.46833°N 71.80000°E / 21.46833; 71.80000
Shatrunjaya is located in Gujarat
Palitana
Bhavnagar district
Gujarat
hills
Palitana
Bhavnagar district
Gujarat
India
Shetrunji River
Jain
Bihar
Gwalior
Mount Abu
Girnar
Rishabha
tirthankara
Jainism
Ganadhara
Nirvana
Moksha
nirvana
tirthankaras
Jains

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