Girnar Mountain

The Girnar Mountain is situated at 4 km east of Junagadh District. It is 1100 m high and its main attractions comprise of the Jain Temples situated on its hilltop. These Jain Temples were built between the years of 1128 and 1500. It is also said to be the place where Neminath who was the 22nd Jain Tirthankara, died after living here for 700 years. To honour him a marble temple has been built in here namely Mallinath Temple. This temple comprises a black marble statue of Neminath. Several rare species of Gir lions are also seen here. There are over 8,500 steps to climbfor reaching this mountain top.