If you have the chance to come to Bhubaneswar capital of the state of Orissa in India, especially don't missed visiting caves and and temples jains 1st century BC, who developed low-roofed caves known as Khandagiri and Udayagiri--on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, for Jain monks to live, it was their place of meditation.
The invaluable inscriptions inside these caves reveal many a facts of history. They tell about the kings of Chedi dynasty, also called Mahameghavanas ruling Kalinga about 1st century BC. The majority of these caves originated during the period of Kharavel
Jainism is a religion that probably would have started to appear around the 10th or 9th century BC.
The purpose of life for jains is the same as for Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism: the adept must attain enlightenment leading to the end of the transmigrations of his soul. The human must come out of the perpetual flow of his transmigrations: samsara, by means of life choices called vows, the first of which leads to all others, is that of universal non-violence. meditation and fasting.
The priests live naked, they do not own anything, it is not uncommon to see in Rajasthan or Jains of Varanasi a naked naked temple.
Women have a single sari for all their lives.
It moves slowly for fear of hurting or killing an insect, they respect each existing.
All the jains I met are very kind, it's a gentle and peaceful community. They only want one thing good for all beings.
They are mostly in Rajasthan but you can meet in Varanasi 1000 jains still live in the holy city
