Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Jabalpur
a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. According to the 2011 census, it is the third-largest urban agglomeration in Madhya Pradesh and the country's 26th-largest urban agglomeration.
Jabalpur is the administrative headquarters of Jabalpur district (the second-most-populous district in Madhya Pradesh) and the Jabalpur division. Historically, a center of the Kalchuri and Gond dynasties, the city developed a syncretic culture influenced by intermittent Mughal and Maratha rule. During the early nineteenth century, it was annexed by British India as Jubbulpore and incorporated as a cantonment town. Since Indian independence there have been demands for a separate state of Mahakoshal, with Jabalpur its capital. The high court of state Madhya Pradesh is located here.
Hanumantal Bada Jain Mandir (Bara Mandir)
Nearby Jain temples in the Jabalpur area
- Jain Mandir, Bada Fuhara (Payalwala)
- Jain Mandir, Lordganj
- Wright Town Boarding Jain Mandir
- Madhiaji Jain Tirth (Pisanhari Ki Madiya)
- Bhedaghat Shantinath Dig. Jain Mandir
- Panagar Jain Tirth
- Bahuriband
- Bilahri, Katni
- Parasnath Jain Mandir, Parar-Bhata, (Pahadi) Katni
There are about 50 Jain temples in Jabalpur.