Tirth Pat

Tirth Pat
तीर्थ पट

Tirth Pat on display at Prince of Wales museum, Mumbai
Artist Unknown
Year 20th century CE
Type Wood carving & painting
Medium Wood
Location Prince of Wales museum, Mumbai

Tirth Pat (Hindi: तीर्थ पट) is a religious map and topographical rendering used in Śvētāmbara Jainism religion for representing places of pilgrimage (Tirtha). Tirth Pat is different than the conventional map making and is not drawn to scale. Tirth Pat is not indicative of distances, elevation, topography and direction and is solely used for evocation of Jain pilgrimages (Tirthas). It is believed in Jainism that mere viewing of a Tirth Pat earns merit for a devotee.[1][2]

Belief

The Śvētāmbara Jains hold five centers of pilgrimage to be most sacred. These places are Shatrunjaya and Girnar in Gujarat, Abu in Rajasthan, Sammeda in Bihar and Ashtapada in Himalayas. People who are unable to go for the pilgrimage, can achieve its religious merits by viewing cartographical overview of the pilgrimage site on Tirth Pat. Every year (in Oct-Nov), Tirth Pat is hung in the vicinity of a Jain temple or at a prepared location for devotees to worship.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mental pilgrimages". The Tribune. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ "Map of Jain sacred site Shatrunjaya". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved Nov 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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