Sonagiri (Hindi: सोनागिरी) about 60 km from Gwalior, has scores of Jain temples of 9th & 10th century on little hills. This sacred place is popular among devotees & ascetic saints to practice for self-discipline, austerity and to attain Nirvana since the time of Chandraprabha (the 8th Teerthankar), five & half crores of ascetic saints have achieved Moksha from here.
In Hindi, Sonagiri means a mountain (‘giri’) of gold (‘sona’).
