Jain Pilgrimages in Uttar Pradesh

Dating back to the 8th-17th century, the fort complex consists of 31 Jain temples housing around 2,000 sculptures which is in in fact the largest such collection in the world. The most famous of the Jain temples in the fort is the Shantinath temple, which is believed to have been built before 862 AD. It is also considered the most important Jain religious site in Uttar Pradesh. Apart from Deogarh, Jain pilgrimage places in the state can be found in Meerut, Varanasi, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Bateshwar, Kampil, Sarnath, and Khukhundoo. Hastinapur, on the other hand boasts a number of Jain religious centres making one of the top site for a pilgrimage tour in Uttar Pradesh for Jain pilgrims.