Saturday 30 August 2014

Badagaon Jain temple India














Bada Gaon

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Bada Gaon
village
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictBaghpat
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneIST (UTC+5:30)
PIN250101
Nearest cityKhekra

Idol of Lord Parshvanath at Bada Gaon, KhekadaBaghpatUttar PradeshIndia

Bada Gaon, is a village near Khekra, a town in the district of BaghpatUttar Pradesh. It is famous for a temple that houses an idol of Lord Parshvanath, the 23rd Tirthankara of Jainism. The idol was recovered from a local well, and the water of the well is reputed to have curative powers.
Its proximity to Delhi, has made it a prominent religious site. It is roughly about 29 km from Dilshad Garden (East Delhi) and one can go from either State Highway 57 or Loni-Bhopura Road.
A new temple called Siddhant Kshetra is also coming up near the old temple.

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