Location of Chaityaka It is located in Rajgir. Rajgir is a city and a notified area in Nalanda district in the Bihar state of India. Religious Significance of Chaityaka This mountain is quite popular among the devotees of India. The sides of Chaityaka are rugged and precipitous, and are mostly covered with -an impenetrable jungle, broken only by irregular pathways overgrown with brushwood. These are crushed yearly by hundreds of Jaina pilgrims from Murshidabad, Benaras and even Mumbai. These pilgrims throng to Rajgir during the cold and dry seasons to pay homage to the sacred charanas or 'foot-prints' of their saints, enshrined in the temples which are situated in the mountain tops of Chaityaka. Connectivity of Chaityaka Rajgir is around 100 km from both Patna and Mokameh. Rajgir is well connected through trains with various states of India. This article is a stub. You can enrich by adding more information to it. Send your Write Up to content@indianetzone.com |