Overview
A hillside covered in white Digambara temples near Datia, popularly called Laghu Sammed Shikhar, a small-scale echo of Shikharji, for its role as a site of mass liberation. Sect: Digambara.
History
A rock-cut image of Chandraprabha at the site is dated to the fifth or sixth century CE, which is the earliest independently attested element. Sources disagree on the number of temples, and that inconsistency is left unresolved rather than forced.
Spiritual Significance
The visual effect is the thing: scores of white shikharas rising in tiers across a low hill, one of the most striking Jain landscapes in central India. Tradition holds that Chandraprabha and an immense number of ascetics attained liberation here, devotional literature giving a figure of five and a half crore munis.
Pilgrimage Information
Getting there and getting in. About 65 km from Gwalior, with its own railway station on the Agra to Jhansi line. Jain temples of this rank commonly prohibit leather articles, restrict photography, and expect bathing before worship. Where this page does not state a restriction, it is because no source documented one for this particular site, not because none applies. Confirm on arrival.
Preservation
Protection status. No ASI or UNESCO designation was found; the site is community-administered.
Sources
- Sonagiri other
About this page
Researched and written by YatraBeyond from published sources, and not yet confirmed by the temple. Facts here are cross-checked against at least two independent sources, never written from memory, and every source is listed above.
Last reviewed by us: 2026-09-17. Timings, entry rules and access can change without notice; treat anything time-sensitive as a starting point and confirm before you travel.
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