In Jain Dharma, for our Bharat Kshetra (this Earth-region) the situation is like this:

1. The 24 Tirthankaras of this time‑cycle are already completed

- From Bhagwan Rishabhdev (Ādinath) to Bhagwan Mahavir Swami – all 24 have already come, attained Kevalgyan, and then attained moksh (liberation). - Now they live forever as Siddhas in Siddha Shila, at the very top of the universe. - So in our present descending time‑cycle (Avasarpinī), no more Tirthankaras will come in Bharat Kshetra after Bhagwan Mahavir.

1. “Next 24 Tirthankaras” in Bharat Kshetra

- The “next 24” for Bharat Kshetra will not appear soon. - They will come only in the next Utsarpinī (ascending time‑cycle), after an unimaginably long period of time, when the cycle turns and conditions again become suitable for Tirthankaras. - Right now, their births have not yet started; cosmically, this is far, far in the future.

1. But there ARE living Tirthankaras – in other regions

- Jain cosmology says there are many world‑regions (like Mahāvideh Kshetra) where Tirthankaras are presently living, preaching, and running samavasaraṇ even now. - That is why in our prayers we also bow to the present living Tirthankaras of Mahāvideh Kshetra, even though we cannot physically go there from here.

So, in simple words:

• Our 24 Tirthankaras are now in Siddha Shila as liberated souls.
• In this current half‑cycle no “next 24” will come in Bharat Kshetra.
• The next set of 24 for our region will arise only in the very distant future, in the next ascending time‑cycle.