Ahinsa Sthal
Ahinsa Sthal is a Jain temple located in Mehrauli, Delhi. The main deity of the temple is Mahavira, the 24th and last Tirthankara of Avasarpiṇī. A magnificent statue of Tirthankara Mahāvīra is installed here.Photo: Jain cloud, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Qutb Minar complex and Qutb Minar.
Qutb Minar complex
Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.
The Qutb Minar complex are monuments and buildings from the Delhi Sultanate at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. Construction of the Qutub Minar "victory tower" in the complex, named after the religious figure Sufi Saint Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, was begun by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, who later became the first Sultan of Delhi of the Mamluk dynasty. Qutb Minar complex is situated 640 metres northwest of Ahinsa Sthal.
Qutb Minar
Monument
Photo: Akbarzoda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Qutb Minar, also spelled Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a minaret and victory tower, built during the Delhi sultanate, and comprising the Qutb complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mehrauli, South Delhi, India. Qutb Minar is situated 640 metres northwest of Ahinsa Sthal.
Iron pillar of Delhi
Monument
Photo: Pawan.kamrani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The iron pillar of Delhi is a metal structure 7.21 metres high with a 41-centimetre diameter that was constructed by Chandragupta II, and now stands in the Qutb complex at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. Iron pillar of Delhi is situated 700 metres northwest of Ahinsa Sthal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mehrauli and Saket.
Mehrauli
Suburb
Mehrauli is a neighbourhood in South Delhi, Delhi, India. It represents a constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The area is close to Gurugram and next to Vasant Kunj.
Saket
Suburb
Photo: Amartyabag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saket is a residential colony and the administrative headquarters of the South Delhi district of Delhi in India. The local district headquarters are also situated on M.B.
Malviya Nagar
Suburb
Malviya Nagar is a residential locality in South Delhi. Situated between Saket and Hauz Khas, its namesake is the freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya. Malviya Nagar was initially a part of the Shahpur Jat village, in which after partition was populated in the 1950s by refugees from Pakistan, after the Partition of India. Malviya Nagar is situated 2½ km northeast of Ahinsa Sthal.
Ahinsa Sthal
- Type: Memorial
- Description: building in India
- Categories: Jain temple and historic site
- Location: Mehrauli, South Delhi, Delhi, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.52057° or 28° 31′ 14″ northLongitude
77.19032° or 77° 11′ 25″ eastElevation
244 metres (801 feet)Open location code
7JWVG5CR+64OpenStreetMap ID
node 6153087587OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tamil—“Ahinsa Sthal” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ahinsa Sthal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اهنسا سثال”
- Hindi: “अहिंसा स्थल”
- Tamil: “அகிம்சா தலம்”
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