According to Jain cosmology, Mount Meru (also called Sumeru) is a sacred mountain located at the very center of the universe (lok), specifically in Jambudvipa, which is the central continent of the middle world (Madhya Loka). In Jain scriptures, Mount Meru is not considered to be a mountain on Earth as understood in modern geography. Instead, it is a spiritual and cosmological concept.

Jain texts describe Mount Meru as being surrounded by various continents and oceans, forming the structure of the universe. Its exact physical distance from Earth is not specified in terms of modern measurements, because it exists within the Jain cosmological framework, which is symbolic and not intended to correspond to physical geography.

Thus, in Jainism, Mount Meru is not measured in distance from Earth as we understand it, but is considered the central axis of the universe within the Jain cosmological model.