Palitana city of Gujarat is the only vegetarian city in the world. In 2014, the Gujarat government declared it a complete vegetarian. Jain followers reach here in large numbers.
Palitana city is a big Jain pilgrimage site.
India is full of diversity. There are more than one ancient and divine religious place here. in these Gujarat is at the forefront. There is only one city here, which is counted as the first vegetarian city in the world, the name of this city is Palitana. In 2014, more than 200 Jain monks and saints went on a hunger strike and demanded the government to stop killing animals and shut down slaughterhouses, only after that the government declared it not only the city but the world’s first vegetarian city, There is a whole series of Jain temples here.
Palitana became such a vegetarian city
Palitana city is located in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat, here is the hill of Shatrunjay, where there are about a thousand Jain temples, here Jain followers also live in large numbers, so there has been a demand for the closure of slaughterhouses in this city for a long time. In 2014, Jain saints started a hunger strike. This time the government had to bow down and the killing of animals was banned in the city, slaughterhouses were also closed, along with this a strict law was also made, so that such activities could not take place secretly in the city. The government also declared Palitana as the world’s first vegetarian city.
This is the specialty of Palitana
Palitana city of Gujarat is in Bhavnagar district. Here is the Shatrunjaya hill, on which there are more than a thousand temples, of which the main temple is dedicated to Lord Adinath, the first Tirthankara of Jainism, here is the largest four-faced temple. Apart from this, Kumarpal, Samprati Raj, Vimalshah temple temples are also here, this temple built of marble stones is considered a wonderful specimen of architecture. Jain temples were built here during the 11th to 12th centuries, it is believed that the srishi sages attained salvation here. That is why Palitana is considered the holiest city of Jain followers.
reach so far
Palitana is located at a distance of 50 kilometers to the southwest of Bhavnagar in Gujarat. Here is the Shatrunjay hill. It can be reached by both air and rail, the nearest airport is Bhavnagar, whose distance from Palitana is about 62 km, apart from this you can also reach here by rail or bus from Vadodara or Ahmedabad.
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