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Hastinapur

Hastinapur Tourism

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Hastinapur is a small town at Meerut district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Legend holds that King Hastin founded this village. Hastinapur is famed as the capital of Pandavas (Great heroes of epic Mahabharata).

Hastinapur is considered as a Kashi of Jain religion, according to Jainism Hastinapur was constructed by the God.

Hastinapur is located 37 km from Meerut and 110 km from Delhi.

History of Hastinapur:

Hastinapur, Hastin (elephant) and Pura (city), Named after the elephant. The history of Hastinapur begins from the period of Mahabharata.

Ancient Hastinapur was the capital of kingdom of the Kauravas, belonging to the Kuru dynasty. The first reference to Hastinapur in Hindu mythology comes as the capital of

Emperor Bharata and it is to believe the city Hastinapur was established by Bharata’s son Hastin.

INDIA is the cradle of greatmen. There are so many holy towns like

Ayodhya, Banaras, Ujjain and Hastinapur etc. Pt. Nehru says in his book ‘The Discovery of India’- ‘Dilli or Delhi, not the modern city but ancient cities situated near the modern site, named Hastinapur and Indraprastha becomes the metropolies of India.’ So we can say that Hastinapur was the capital of India in the time of Mahabharata.

Hastinapur is a popular Jain pilgrimage. It is believed to be the place where the king Shreyans donated ‘Ikshuras’ to Rishabhdev (first Jain Tirthankar). There are some relevant Jain statues can be seen in the vicinity, prominent being the life size of the 16th Tirthankar Shantinath.

Jain Temples:- Hastinapur is one of the most respected shrines of Jain religion.There are some very important temples and stoops(Pillars), which was founded by the different acharyas (Teachers) of Jain religion in different time, like Digamber Jain

Bada Mandir and Shwetamber temple.

JAMBUDWEEP:- Jambudweep is the main attraction point in Hstinapur. In the middle of jambudeep there is ‘Sumeru Parvat’ the hight of this is 101feet . it has 136 stairs. We can see the bueaty of hasinapur to go up on the sumeru parvat.

Kailash ParvatIt’s hight is 131feet and it has 72 jinalyas .

Old Pandeshwar Temple:

This old temple is devoted to Lord Shiva, situated in the ruins of old

Hastinapur. The old temple was renovated by Gujar King Nain Singh.

Hastinapur National Park:The dense forest of Hastinapur lies astride the canal is a perfect tour for the wildlife lovers. The park is rich in faunal wealth because of the different types of ecological niches existing in the reserve. Peacock, National Bird of India is found here in abundance. Water reserve near river Ganga is one of the major wintering areas for large numbers of aquatic birds from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, China, and Siberia.

Hastinapur is a very important place, both for Jains and Hindus. Its a pilgrimage for all.

The Hindu mythology related to this

place is known to all...Thanks to Mr. B.R.Chopra....but the Jainism importance is known to few so I will concentrate on that.

Hastinapur was the capital of the kingdom of the Kauravas, belonging to the Kuru dynasty of kings. The throne of this city was the prize over which the Kurukshetra War of the epic Mahabharata was fought. All incidents in the epic Mahabharata have taken place in this city of Hastinapur. The first reference to Hastinapur in Hindu mythology comes as the capital of Emperor Bharata.

Now regarding Jainism,It is considered to be the Kashi of Jain Religion. According to the Jain manuscripts, Hastinapur was

constructed by the Gods.

Starting from the time of Lord Rishabhnath to the time of Lord Mahavir, Jainism has been influential in this place. Tirthankaras Lord Shantinath. Lord Kunthanath and Lord Aranath were born here.

Hastinapur has its historical as well as endow mental importance. This is the place where Aadi teerthankar prabhu Adinathji has concluded fasting lasted for 400 days by drinking sugarcane juice from Shreyanshkumar. It has the opportunity of being the place of  kalyanak (Garbh, Janm, Deeksha & Kevalgyan kalyanak of Shri Shantinath, Shri Kunthunath & Shri Adinath prabhu). Samvasaran of

Bhagwan Mallinath took place here. Muni Suvratswami, Bhagwan Parshwanath & Mahaveer Swami on this holy place, uttered spiritual speech.

In 1970, the Jain Temple was built here. In 1974, a Digambar Jain Trilok Sansthan was inaugurated here. In the month of Kartik, a Jain festival is celebrated here. People from all over the country come here to celebrate this festival.

FOR ENTERTAINMENTThere are ‘Jhankiya, Jhuley, Rail, Jalpariya and Hansi ke golgappe for entertainment.

Residential facilities There are guest house and flates

having modern facilities.

You can reach there :-Train: - Meerut Railway Station. From Delhi, so many trains are available for Meerut.

Airport: - Delhi.

Road: - From Meerut busses are available from 7 AM to 8:30 PM for Hastinapur.

From Delhi it takes 3-3.5 hours to reach Hastinapur in a car/taxi.