Shri 1008 Shantinath Digamber Jain Atishaya Kshetra, Bhojpur, District-Raisen (M.P.)

भोजपुर  "उत्तर भारत का सोमनाथ' कहा जाता है। इस मंदिर में तीर्थांकरों की तीन मूर्तियाँ हैं  इस मंदिर का ढांचा आयताकार है। इन प्रतिमाओं में से एक के आधार पर एक शिलालेख भी है जिसमें राजा भोज के नाम का उल्लेख है। इसी मंदिर के परिसर में आचार्य मंतुंगा का मंदिर भी है जिन्होंने लोकप्रिय ‘भक्तामर स्त्रोत’ लिखा था। Shri Shantinath Digambar Jain Atishaya Kshetra Bhojpur is situated at a distance of 30 km from Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, State of India, surrounded by dense forests of Vindhyachal Mountain Range. This Kshetra is famous for miraculous idol of Bhagwan Shantinath (16th Teerthankar) 22½ feet high in standing posture; this was installed here by the consent of ‘King Bhoj’, the famous King of ‘Dhar’ during 11th century. According to the inscription on idol, it was reverenced in year 1100 AD. This Kshetra is related to ‘Acharya Mantunga’, who was the writer of famous ‘Bhaktamar Stotra’. Acharya Mantunga’s place of penance – Siddha-Shila (a flat rock) and his shrine is also here. At the place of shrine, a pair of foot images is reverenced.