page_title: Ramtek
section_title: Jain Temple
hierarchical_section_title: Ramtek / Jain Temple
caption_attribution_description: Summit of Shantinath Jain Mandir, Ramtek.
context_page_description: Ramtek is a city and municipal council in Nagpur district of the Maharashtra, India.
context_section_description: Ramtek is also known for ancient Jain temple with various ancient statues of Jain Tirthankara. The main idol of Shantinatha, the sixteenth Tirthankar has a legend associated with it.
  It became more popular when one of the leading Digambar Jain Acharyas, Acharya Vidyasagar visited and stayed with his sangh in Ramtek in 1993, 94, 2008, 2013 and 2017 for the four months of chaturmas during the rainy season. With his inspiration, a big Jain temple has been constructed. Jain disciples report many miracles attributed to the ancient Jain statue and so the place is more popularly called as Atishayakshetra Ramtek ji by them.
  The place was ruled by Gond rulers before being captured by the Bhonsale rulers of Nagpur in the eighteenth century.
caption: Shantinath Jain temple
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