Home›Jain Sites›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups sacred sites by the specific religion or culture that consecrated them. Wikipedia defines a sacred space as "a designated area, often marked by physical boundaries or symbols, that is considered holy or consecrated by a particular religion or culture." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every site belonging to one tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedHilltop temple-cities and pilgrimage hills at which the tirthankaras are venerated, most of them held to be the place where a tirthankara attained liberation. The Jain word for such a place, tirtha, is the same crossing-place term Hinduism uses; several hills are claimed by both traditions, and one is claimed by an Adivasi community under its own name as well. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1Learn MoreThe sacred sites of Jainism This group holds the sacred sites of Jainism, the temple-cities and holy hills of India where the tirthankaras, the great ford-makers of the tradition, are venerated. Jain sacred places are noted for their intricately carved temples and their hilltop pilgrimage complexes. The browser will find the Jain temples and pilgrimage hills the atlas gathers. The entries describe each site's association with the tirthankaras and its place in Jain devotion.TraditionFilter Results2 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll5,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll4,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (1)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2001-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (1)2011-01-01 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2020-01-01 (1)2021-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll500 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (1)600 BCE (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (1)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)TheologyAllMonistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (1)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareHinduismTradition1 entryJainismTradition6 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. The Jainstier 1Paul Dundas, Routledge, 2002View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.