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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Jain temple in the state of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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| location = Ponnur Hills, [[Tiruvannamalai district|Tiruvannamalai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| festivals = [[Mahavir Jayanti]]<br />
| deity = [[Rishabhanatha]]<br />
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'''Ponnur Malai Jain temple''' is an ancient [[Jain]] pilgrimage center located in Ponnur Hills in [[Tiruvannamalai district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] in India.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Ponnur Hill marks the place of birth for [[Acharya (Jainism)|Jain Acharya]] [[Kundakunda]].{{sfn|Titze|Bruhn|1998|p=72}} According to [[Jainism|Jain]] beliefs, he visited Videha Kshetra and ascended to [[Heaven]] from here.{{cn|date=August 2023}}<br />
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== Temple ==<br />
The temple enshrines an idol of [[Rishabhanatha]] inside the [[Mandapa|mukhya-mandapa]].{{sfn|Nandi|1973|p=155}} An idol of Jwalamalini was installed inside the temple in 1733 CE. The temple is noted for the worship of the [[tutelary deity]] [[Jwalamalini]], who is popular among devotees.{{sfn|Hiltebeitel|1988|p=315}}{{sfn|Umamaheshwari|2018|p=198}}{{sfn|Nandi|1973|p=155}} On Sundays, there is a tradition of carrying the image of Jwalamalini to the shrine of Helacharya, the originator of Jwalamalini [[Tantra#Jainism and other religions|tantric]] practices, in [[Nilgiri Mountains]].{{sfn|Reddy|1979|p=498}}{{sfn|Settar|1969|p=310}}<br />
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The temple houses the footprints, which are annually anointed.{{sfn|Titze|Bruhn|1998|p=72}}{{sfn|Jain|2023|p=85}}<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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File:Ponnur Hills - Visagacharya Tabo Boomi.jpg|Idol of Kundakunda<br />
File:Ponnur Hills - Visagacharya Tabo Nilayam Temple.jpg|Rishabhanatha<br />
File:Ponnur Hils.jpg|Entrance<br />
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== References ==<br />
=== Citations ===<br />
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=== Sources ===<br />
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* {{cite book |last=Hiltebeitel |first=Alf | author-link=Alf Hiltebeitel |title=The Cult of Draupadi, Mythologies: From Gingee to Kuruksetra | volume=1 |url={{Google books|kAjvBBzI_2sC|page=315|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |date=1988 |isbn=9780226340463 }}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Jain |first=Pankaj |title=Modern Jainism: A Historical Approach |url={{Google books|e1LKEAAAQBAJ|page=85|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |publisher=[[Springer Nature|Springer]] |date=2023 |isbn=9789819924851 }}<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Titze |first1=Kurt | last2=Bruhn | first2=Klaus |title=Jainism: A Pictorial Guide to the Religion of Non-Violence |url={{Google books|loQkEIf8z5wC|page=72|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |edition=2 |date=1998 |isbn=978-81-208-1534-6 }}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Nandi |first=Ramendra Nath Nandi |title=Religious Institutions and Cults in the Deccan, C. A.D. 600-A.D. 1000 |url={{Google books|7HRgstuWe6EC|page=155|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |date=1973 |isbn=9780842605649 }}<br />
* {{cite journal | last=Reddy | first=A. R. Ramachandra | title=Bangaramma Of Alaganipadu | journal=[[Indian History Congress]] | volume=40 | year=1979 | pages=496–500 | jstor=44141991 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/44141991 | access-date=4 August 2023 }}<br />
* {{cite journal | last=Settar | first=S. | author-link=Shadakshari Settar | title=The Cult of Jvālāmālinī and the Earliest Images of Jvālā and Śyāma | journal=[[Artibus Asiae]] | volume=31 | issue=4 | year=1969 | pages=309–20 | jstor=3249339 | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3249339 | doi=10.2307/3249339 | access-date=4 August 2023 | url-access=subscription }}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Umamaheshwari |first=R. |title=Reading History with the Tamil Jainas: A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation | volume=2 | series=Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures |url={{Google books|TRxJDwAAQBAJ|page=198|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |publisher=[[Springer Nature|Springer]] |date=2018 |isbn=9788132237563 }}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{commonscatinline|Ponnur Hills}}<br />
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