Ashtapad Maha Tirth 02

SR No.: 009860
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Rajnikant Shah, Others
Publisher: USA Jain Center America NY
Publication Year: 2012
Total Pages: 532
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit, Gujarati
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 26 MB

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Chapter 02
Three Field Trip Reports
this hillock anywhere and no single travel agent or guide is talking about this place as possible site of Ashtapad. But still we might look into this direction and work in future for this place as probable site of Ashtapad. Figure 3 shows the position of Bonari adjacent to Kailash. 3. Barkha Plains From the descriptions found in literature (Ref. 46), between Mansarovar (Padma Had) and Kailash, about 5-7 miles away from Mansarovar, there is another mountain called Ashtapad. A map also shows the place in Barkha Plains. It is believed that the location of Ashtapad Maha Tirth could be there somewhere in Barkha Plains i.e. between Mansarovar and Kailash (Ref. 47).
Dolina
Dira Phu Gompa
les
Gauri Kund
Khande Sanglan
KAILASH
resil
di Parva
GURJ RPPOCHE TORM
Sena Parikrama MS
Ashtpad
ELEV. 8214 M. 22.00 Kauda) Too Ducho T
Tugu Gompa
Gompa
Gyangdrak Gompa
Zuthrul Phug
Serlung Gompa
Tartoche
Zutrul
Phug
Towards Tirthapuri
MOUNT KAILASH
Tracking way
Towards Mana & Takk
CHAKTSEL GANG
Inner Parikrama
HABJE
Vechicle way
Nanda Parim
River
Simple Mariana
ORA . CHURRROR STREAM FOOTBRIDGE
KAILASH PARIKRAMA
Fig.4: Shows probable site of Ashtapad in Barkha plains.
4. Tarboche Some people believe that Ashtapad is near Yam Dwar or Moksh Dwar or Tarboche. It is located 200 feet higher than Tarboche on right side opposite to Nyari or Chuksum Gompa. Swami Chidanand and pilgrims accompanying him performed pooja on this Ashtapad. Nalini and Kamlini performed Shiv Tandav dance on this Ashtapad (Ref. 7). Information collected by the Jain Center of America, New York and compiled in the volumes also shows that Tarboche is one of the claimants of probable site of Ashtapad (Ref. 41).
Field Trip I & II to locate site for...