Ancient city in northern India
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Hastinapur (Hindi: हस्तिनापुर Hastināpur) is a town in the Upper Doab region of Uttar Pradesh. While the name is popular throughout India as one of the ancient cities mentioned in the epic Mahābhārata, the town is not known for being a tourist destination.
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Consecrated in 1806, it is the oldest Jain temple in Hastinapur dedicated to Shri Shantinatha, the 16th Jain Tirthankara.
A protected area in the Gangetic plains that covers 2,073 km². Mammal species recorded include swamp deer, smooth-coated otter, Ganges river dolphin, gharial, Indian leopard, chital, sambar deer, nilgai. 117 bird species have been recorded.
A Digambara Jain temple built in 1972. Jambudweep is a depiction of Jain cosmology.
A 46-metre-high (151 ft) structure dedicated to first tirthankara Rishabhnath.
A 40-metre-high (131 ft) structure that is home to several Jain temples, including Yatri Niwas and Bhojanshala.
This temple is dedicated to Shiva. It is believed to be the place where Kauravas and Pandavas received their education in Vedas and Puranas. A temple of the Hindu goddess Kali and many Hindu ashramas are also present on a hillock between the ruins. Legend has it that in the Mahabharata period, Pandu's eldest son Yudhishthira had established the shivalinga at the Pandeshwar Mahadev temple before the war of Mahabharata and prayed to Shiva for a blessing of winning the war.
The Karna Temple is located on an old ravine along the bank of the Ganges. The Shivling inside the Karna Temple is believed to have been established by Karna, one of the prominent figures in the Mahabharata.
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