About Ancient Digambar Jain TempleThe Ponnur Hills is an Ancient Digambar Jain Temple situated in Tiruvannamalai District of Tamil Nadu and more than 2000 year old.This place is Tapo Bhumi of great and brilliant Digamber Jain ‘Acharya Bhagawat Kund Kund Dev’. This is the only sacred place where Acharya Kund done penance, practiced for self-recognition and purification. From here Acharya Kund went to ‘Videh Kshetra’ in Samavsharana of present ‘Teerthankar Bhagwan Simandhar’. They stayed there up to seven days and nights and got benefits of spiritual precepts (Divya Dhwani). After returning from there, they wrote ‘Panch Paramagamas’ called as “Dwiteeya Shruta Skandha”, this includes the great texts of real philosophy of world named ‘Samay Sara’, ‘Pravachan Sara’, ‘Niyam Sara’, ‘Ashta Pahud’ and ‘Panchastikaya Samgraha’. The first three of five are also known as “Prabhrit Trayee”.This is said that these Pancha Paramagamas were written at Ponnur Hills.Adinath Mandir is an ancient temple adorned with spire, with ancient idol of Bhagwan Adinath as principal deity installed. An ancient artistic idol of Bhagwan Mahaveer Swami carved on a flat stone is also here. Artistic umbrella (spire) is carved over the head of idol and on both sides whisk bearing Devs (Yaksha) are carved in beautiful manner. Below this idol foot images of Acharya Kund Kund are installed. There are some caves on Ponnur Hill. It is said that Acharya Kund Kund lived there.  Goddess Ambica declared the truthness of Digambar Jain Dharma and after it, pilgrimage of Acharya Kund Kund with their 594 scholars took place first.