Girnar is a Sacred location
(tirtha) located on a hill outside of Junagadh, Gujarat.
Girnar has been a sacred location for at least 2,000 years
and is still revered by a number of religious sects.
The top of the hill is a popular pilgrimage place for Jains,
with a cluster of Jain temples going back to the twelfth century.
The Brahmachari Sanyasis (Brahmacharin) maintain an ashram
there, and the top is supposed to feature a set of footprints left by
Dattatreya, a renowned legendary character who is regarded a partial
manifestation of the deity Vishnu and a model for asceticism.
On Kartik Purnima, the full moon in the lunar month of
Kartik (October–November), a massive Hindu ascetic assembly takes place in
Girnar.
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