Shri Ponnur Malai Digamber Jain Atishaya Kshetra (Shri Ponnur Hills), Ponnur Malai, District - Tiruvannamalai, (Tamil Nadu)

Ponnur Hills Tapo Bhumi Nilayam Teerth Kshetra is more then 2000 years ancient Kshetra, situated in Tiruvannamalai District of Tamilnadu State and is surrounded by natural beauty. This place is Tapo Bhumi of great & brilliant Digamber Jain ‘Acharya Bhagawat Kund Kund Dev’. This is the only sacred place where Acharya Kund Kund practiced for penance, practiced for self-recognition & purification. From here Acharya Kund Kund went to ‘Videh Kshetra’ in Samavsharana of present ‘Teerthankar Bhagwan Simandhar’. They stayed there up to seven days & nights and got benefits of spiritual precepts (Divya Dhwani). After returning from there, they wrote ‘Panch Paramagamas’ called as “Dwiteeya Shruta Skandha”, this includes the great texts of real philosophy of world named: – ‘Samay Sara’, ‘Pravachan Sara’, ‘Niyam Sara’, ‘Ashta Pahud’ & ‘Panchastikaya Samgraha’. The first three of five are also known as “Prabhrit Trayee”. This is said that these Pancha Paramagamas were written at Ponnur Hills. Innate Disposition (Nature) of matter & soul, inter relationship & reality of such relations between two matters and path of salvation has been described logically & thoroughly in these texts. First of all these texts gives the knowledge of reality of worldly relations, uniqueness & pureness of soul and about infinite characteristics & qualities of soul. These texts motivates the reader to accept ‘Ratna Traya’ (Right Faith, Right Knowledge & Right Conduct) in his life and thus to follow the path of salvation.