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Why has the Shravan Belagola become an important pilgrimage site for the Jains?

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Shravanabelagola became an important pilgrimage site for the jains because the founder of Jainism Bagwan Mahavir reached Shravanabelagola and started preaching Jainism. Thus Jainism started to spread in south India around 2300 years ago at the time of Mauryan emperor Chandragupta Maurya. 

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