Lal Mandir, Jain Pilgrimage in India
Shri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir is the oldest and best-known Jain
temple in Delhi, India. It is directly across from the Red Fort in the
historical Chandni Chowk area.
It is known for an avian veterinary hospital in a second building behind the main temple. It is known as the Jain Birds Hospital.
It is known for an avian veterinary hospital in a second building behind the main temple. It is known as the Jain Birds Hospital.
Located
just opposite the massive Red Fort at the intersection of Netaji Subhas
Marg and Chandni Chowk, Digambar Jain Temple is the oldest Jain temple
in the capital, originally built in 1656. An impressive red sandstone
temple today (the temple has undergone many alterations and additions in
the past and was enlarged in the early 19th century), Shri Digambar
Jain Lal Mandir is popularly known as Lal Mandir “Red Temple”.
