Mangi-Tungi, Jain temple complex in Nashik district, India.

Mangi-Tungi consists of twin peaks rising 4500 feet (1370 meters) above sea level, with multiple cave temples carved into the mountain slopes containing ancient inscriptions. The temple structures are spread across both hills and include both natural caves and rock-cut shrines.

Idols installed at Mangi-Tungi in 595 CE carry inscriptions, and the Adinath Cave holds one dated 1343 CE. The Statue of Ahimsa, a 108-foot monolithic image of Rishabhanatha, was consecrated in February 2016 after a foundation stone laid in 1996; the project took about twenty years under the guidance of the nun Gyanmati Mataji.

The temple complex holds the reputation of a Siddha Kshetra, a place where according to religious tradition ninety-nine crore ascetics attained liberation through meditation. Pilgrims today climb to the different cave temples carved into the mountain flanks, which preserve inscriptions from past centuries.

The climb involves around 3,500 steps, taking about two hours, and there is no water on the hill, so carry your own from the base. Bhilwad village, near Tahrabad, has dharamshalas run by the Mangi-Tungi Trust for overnight stays. Access is via Satana from Nashik or via Malegaon, with Navapur and Manmad the nearest railheads.

The 108-foot Statue of Ahimsa, a monolithic image of Rishabhanatha, was consecrated in February 2016 after about twenty years of work. Its proportions were fixed by studying texts in ten languages, including Greek philosophy and the Vasunandi text of the Jain tradition, then converting the angula measurements into feet.