Following the footsteps of Lord Mahavir - Part 1

न देखा तुझे, न सुनी तेरी वाणी , ऐसी क्या थी मेरी भूल ? इतनी कृपा ही कर देते , बन जाता तेरे चरणों की धूल , उन राहों की खोज में निकला हूँ , जहां से गुज़रे थे तेरे कदम , उस धरती का स्पर्श कर , तुझे पास पाऊं हरदम ... Western India has been blessed with highly spiritual Jain centres like Palitana, Shankheshwar, Girnar, Taranga, Dilwara, Ranakpur and Nakodaji; but it is the vast presence of Kalyanak Bhumi’s ( the holy places where 5 important life events of Tirthankar’s take place ) which makes the land of East and North India very special for Jains. The dust of this land has been blessed with the fortune of bearing the footprints of the Tirthankar’s. This is what has inspired me to pen this series ~ “ Following the footsteps of Lord Mahavir ” wherein I would tread those paths, dusty roads, hillocks, towns, villages and cities, which lord Mahavir had himself taken more than 2,500 years ago to feel closer to the divine. The aura of lord’s presence can still be experienced in such