Mangi Tungi

Mangi Tungi is a pair of hills in Nashik district, roughly 125 km from Nashik city, held sacred by both Jains and Hindus. The green slopes, with waterfalls running down them, give wide views over the surrounding country, and pilgrims climb them to visit the shrines spread across the hills.

For Jains this is an old and important pilgrimage, and the hills hold several temples to the Tirthankaras, the best known dedicated to Adinath, the first of them. Their carvings, inscriptions and relics are a record of Jain religious life here. Hindus link the hills with the Ramayana, believing that Rama, Sita and Lakshmana took shelter here during their exile, and a Rama temple at the summit marks that tradition.