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'''''Pawapuri''''' is located 38 kilometers from ] and 90 kilometers from ], ]. '''''Pawapuri''''' in ] is a holy site for ], located 38 kilometers from ] and 90 kilometers from ], ].


Around ], Lord ], the last thirthankar and founder of ], breathed his last here. He was cremated at Pawapuri, also known as Apapuri. The legend states that there was a great rush to collect his ashes and so much soil was removed from the place of his cremation that a pond was created. Around ], Lord ], the last ''thirthankar'' and founder of ], breathed his last here. He was cremated at Pawapuri, also known as Apapuri ("the sinless town"). There was a great rush to collect his ashes, with the result that so much soil was removed from the place of his cremation that a pond was created.


Now, a marble temple stands magnificently in the middle of that pond. Another ] temple, called Samosharan is located here. Now, a marble temple, the '''Jalmandir''', stands magnificently on a rectangular island in the middle of that pond. Another Jain temple, called '''Samosharan''' is located here, where the Lord Mahavira delivered his last teaching.


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Pawapuri in Bihar is a holy site for Jains, located 38 kilometers from Rajgir and 90 kilometers from Patna, India.

Around 500 BC, Lord Mahavira, the last thirthankar and founder of Jainism, breathed his last here. He was cremated at Pawapuri, also known as Apapuri ("the sinless town"). There was a great rush to collect his ashes, with the result that so much soil was removed from the place of his cremation that a pond was created.

Now, a marble temple, the Jalmandir, stands magnificently on a rectangular island in the middle of that pond. Another Jain temple, called Samosharan is located here, where the Lord Mahavira delivered his last teaching.

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