Shri Ashtapad Digambar Jain Siddha Kshetra, Badrinath, District Chamoli (Uttarakhand)

This temple was constructed as a symbol of Kailash Parvat which now falls in Tibet, China. Since many are not able to visit Kailash Parvat, they visit this place which is closet to it. From here last village on India-China border (Mana) is just 3km. 'Charan' of Lord Adinath have been installed here as a symbol of Kailash Parvat. Temple and Dharamshala are open from Akshay Tritiya to Sharad Poornima. Rest of the year everything is closed due to snowfall. Himalaya is also called Ashtapad because of its eight different mountain range Gaurishankar, Kailash, Badrinath, Nanda, Drongiri, Narayan, Nar and Trishuli and according to Nirvankand this is also called Adishwar Swami. From there numerous Muni got Moksha by doing Tapsya. According to Shrimadbhagwat, at this place Rishabhdev’s father Nabhirai and mother Marudevi had done hard Tap after Rishabhdev’s Rajyabhishek and taken Samadhi. Even today this place is exist as the name of Kailash Mansarovar and as a Sadhana place, footprint of Nabhirai at Neelkanth mountain attracts everybody towards him as a sign of first man’s footprint.             On this Ashtapad Kailash Bharat Chakravarti, this country is called Bharat after his name, had constructed temples of 24 Teerthankar. This land is also Sadhana place for Bharat-Bahubali. On this land Bhagwan Parshwanath has given Samvasharan. Every day as a sight in form of Digambar for Abhishek Darshan, Narayan statue established in Badrinath temple, appeared by dreaming from Garudkund under Taptakund in Alaknanda river near Badrinath temple, even today many ancient Jain statue are available and in Srinagar(Garhwal), where Chaturmas Yog of Param Pujya Alacharya Munishri Vidyanandji Maharaj was performed, a very ancient crowned temple is existed.