About Kuntalgiri:-
• Kuntalgiri is the great holy place of the Digamber Jains and famous for Digamberpanthi Jain Temple of south india.
• It is the land of Kulbhushan & Deshbhushan saints who place his soul on this holy land
• During the period of twentieth Tirthakar Munisuvratnath, two brother Kulbhushan & Deshbhushan had
offer continuous prayer (Tapashcharya) for transformation of soul towards the almighty & made this holy place.
• Temple is situated about 19 kms. from Bhoom on Bhoom-Osmanabad road and occupying the top of a hillock.
• Among other objects of interest on the hillcock is a round pillar of stone called 'Manasa Stambha"
rising to a height of nearly 13.11 meters.
Its capital is adorned by four identical images of Sauvratnath in a mediative pose.
• The temple was jointly built in 1931 by Venichand Mulchand Indorkar and Haribhai Gandhi of Solapur.
• The black stone idols of Deshbhushan and Kalabhushan are in a standingposture.
There were small images of 24 jain Tirthankars which is a visual feature of Jain temple.
• Thousands of peoples belonging to Jain Pantha from all over India visit this holy temple.
The temple is not only the place of worship but is the faith centre to obtain the peace of mind.
Shantisagar:-
Acharya Shri Shantisagar Maharaj, Charitra Chakravarti (आचार्य श्री शांतिसागर चरित्र चक्रवर्ती) was the first Digambar Jain Acharya of the 20th century, and the first Digambar Jain monk to wander in North India after several centuries.
Padmanabh Jaini writes in the first paragraph of "The Path of Purification"
"It is August, 1955. On the holy mount of Kunthalagiri, in the state of Maharashtra in India, an old man called Santisagara (Ocean of peace) is ritually fasting to death. He is the acarya (spiritual leader) of the Digambara Jaina community; now, after thirty-five years as a mendicant, he is attaining his mortal end in the holy manner prescribed by the great saint Mahavira almost 2,500 years earlier. Santisagara has owned nothing, not even a loincloth, since 1920. He has wandered on foot over the length and breadth of India, receiving food offerings but once a day. and then with only his bare hands for a bowl; he has spoken little during daylight hours and not at all after sunset. From August 14 until September 7 he takes only water; then, unable to drink without help, he ceases even that. At last, fully conscious and chanting the Jain a litany, he dies in the early morning of September 18. The holiness and propriety of his life and of the manner of his death are widely known and admired by Jainas throughout India"
Tradition:-
He belonged to the lineage of Sena Gana[2], made famous by Acharya Jinasena and his pupils in the Rashtrakuta period. His initiator Devendrakirti belonged to this lineage. The Sena Gana itself was a branch of the Pancha-stupa lineage.
Padmanabh Jaini writes in the first paragraph of "The Path of Purification"
"It is August, 1955. On the holy mount of Kunthalagiri, in the state of Maharashtra in India, an old man called Santisagara (Ocean of peace) is ritually fasting to death. He is the acarya (spiritual leader) of the Digambara Jaina community; now, after thirty-five years as a mendicant, he is attaining his mortal end in the holy manner prescribed by the great saint Mahavira almost 2,500 years earlier. Santisagara has owned nothing, not even a loincloth, since 1920. He has wandered on foot over the length and breadth of India, receiving food offerings but once a day. and then with only his bare hands for a bowl; he has spoken little during daylight hours and not at all after sunset. From August 14 until September 7 he takes only water; then, unable to drink without help, he ceases even that. At last, fully conscious and chanting the Jain a litany, he dies in the early morning of September 18. The holiness and propriety of his life and of the manner of his death are widely known and admired by Jainas throughout India"
Tradition:-
He belonged to the lineage of Sena Gana[2], made famous by Acharya Jinasena and his pupils in the Rashtrakuta period. His initiator Devendrakirti belonged to this lineage. The Sena Gana itself was a branch of the Pancha-stupa lineage.
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