Hastinapur
Also known as: Hastinapura
Three Tirthankaras — Shantinatha, Kunthunatha and Aranatha — were born here, and it is where Rishabhanatha ended his year-long fast when Shreyansakumar offered him sugarcane juice, the event kept as Akshaya Tritiya. The modern site holds several large temple complexes and model-of-the-universe installations built in the last fifty years.
- Both traditions
- Tradition
- Atishaya kshetra
- Kind of kshetra
- Hastinapur
- Nearest town
- Not listed
- Staying there
Why this place
Three Tirthankaras — Shantinatha, Kunthunatha and Aranatha — were born here, and it is where Rishabhanatha ended his year-long fast when Shreyansakumar offered him sugarcane juice, the event kept as Akshaya Tritiya. The modern site holds several large temple complexes and model-of-the-universe installations built in the last fifty years.
Associated with
- Shantinatha
- Kunthunatha
- Aranatha
- Rishabhanatha (Adinath)
Tradition
Both traditions maintain major establishments here, on adjacent sites.
Getting there
- By rail
- Meerut is the railhead.
- By air
- Delhi.
- By road
- Reached by road from Meerut, and commonly done as a day trip from Delhi.
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Community-sourced contacts
From jaintirthkshetra.com, a community directory. These are not published by the trusts themselves, and most are the personal mobiles of named office-bearers rather than office lines — so please confirm before you travel, and be considerate about when you call.
Listed
Community-sourced — please confirm before travelling
President — Shri Trilokchand Jain Delhi
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Secretary — Shri Jai Praksh Jain Advocate Meerut
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The directory records a bhojanshala at this site.
Directory record: Shri Digambar Jain Teerth Kshetra Hastinapur Shri Digambar Jain Teerth Kshetra Hastinapur Place & Post - Hastinapur, District - Meerut (U. P.) Pin - 250404 Phon · Merath, Uttar Pradesh · jaintirthkshetra.com · 2026-08-16
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Festivals
- Akshaya Tritiya
Festival dates follow the Jain calendar and move every year against the Gregorian one. We name the festivals and do not print dates — check with the trust before you travel.
Sources
Every entry says where its facts came from. Community directories are often the only place a dharamshala or a landline is written down, so we keep them — and label them.
- Wikipedia — HastinapurWikipedia