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Wikipedia's article on Siddhachalam. Reliable for its 1983 founding by the Jain monk Acharya Sushil Kumarji on a rural site in Blairstown, New Jersey; for its description by American Jains as the first Jain tirtha, or pilgrimage site, located outside India; for its two temples representing both the Digambara and Svetambara traditions and its status as the only Jain monastery outside India; and for the 2012 addition of a full replication of Shikharji, Jainism's most important pilgrimage destination.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhachalam
Source Typereference
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Reliability Tier3
Community-edited reference page, tier 3, on a well-documented ashram with a specific founding year, founder and location that agree with the ashram's own published account below. NotesUsed for Siddhachalam's 1983 founding year, its founder, its New Jersey location and its standing as the first Jain pilgrimage site outside India.
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This source names Digambara directly: "its two temples representing both the Digambara and Svetambara traditions and its status as the only Jain monastery outside India; and for the 2012 addition of a full replication of Shikharji..."
This source names India directly: "or pilgrimage site, located outside India; for its two temples representing both the Digambara and Svetambara traditions and its status as the only Jain monastery outside India; and for the 2012..."
This source names New Jersey directly: "Kumarji on a rural site in Blairstown, New Jersey; for its description by American Jains as the first Jain tirtha, or pilgrimage site, located outside India; for its two temples representing both..."
This source names Svetambara directly: "representing both the Digambara and Svetambara traditions and its status as the only Jain monastery outside India; and for the 2012 addition of a full replication of Shikharji, Jainism's most..."
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- Sources, 12 claims: 8 well-attested, 4 holds.
- Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Spread Events, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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