In the past, the majority of Jain sages and Acharyas would go to the Himalayas to meditate. But things aren’t like this anymore. Thousands of years ago, the country was quite different, and the Jain monks were exceptionally strong to withstand hardship. Their body used to be moist, and they could withstand extremely high and low temperatures. Alternatively, there were other techniques from guru traditions that allowed devotees to maintain their equilibrium even in extreme hot or cold weather. All of those techniques, abilities, and practices have vanished now, and even if they do remain, only a very small number of sadhus will have access to them. Second, there were numerous Jain pilgrimage sites in the Himalayas throughout ancient times, including Ashtapada (Kailash), Parasnath, Kedarparshvanath, Namiunparasnath, Muktinath, Syambhu Adinath, and others. These sites are described in ‘sastras and sastras’ even today. But from then on, Jainism vanished because of the passage of time or unfortunate incidents. As a result, Jain adherents/followers either departed from the Himalayas and settled elsewhere, or they converted to Buddhism, Bonsai, Hinduism, etc. Research may further needed for this conclusion however this has further initiated existence in number of other reasons.

How It Started?
If we talk about the present, Jainism is mostly divided into two divisions.
1. Shewtambar
2. Digambar.

Both are common in India and in dependent states. Owing to the existence of ‘Shravakas’ and ‘Shravikas’ from both sects in India, penance and chanting are also performed at sacred places by monks, sadhus, and Sadhviji where society (people) are found. Secondly, it is no longer as simple to perform ‘Himalayan Sadhana’ as it was historically. Nowadays, it is quite difficult for sadhus and Sadhvis to walk bare foot and visit such far-off locations in order to perform sadhana. There are numerous mental, emotional, social, practical, and ideological causes behind this. Even if we look at the history of the last 50 years a small number of Jain monks have returned from their meditation retreats in the Himalayas and Badrinath. Specifically, my mentor/Guruji was greatly inspired by the book ‘Samsmaran’, which was written by ‘Shri Jambu Vijayji Marasa’ and detailed his Himalaya Pad Yatra. After completing his sadhana until the Chaturmas in Delhi and Udaipur, Guruji received Devin indications that he should continue his sadhana at Mukti Kshetra, or Muktinath, or the land of Adinath Prabhu. And it seemed like everything was happening right in front of us—as if the land was urging us to come closer and supporting us through all of the challenges. Dev Guru’s Grace Was Helping More Than Expected.

Then a feeling stirred in the heart, wherever we are going and will go, it should reach every seeker, not only Jains, but also the places of pilgrimage and meditation and Jain monks who like to experience this divine energy. All religious lovers should get information. A noble sentiment drive us through this. Because we knew that in such circumstances, the visit of Jain monks would be very important and rare, everyone should be aware of it and get benefits of our experience and lesion learnt.

However, it was just a feeling and there was no conversation about how to make it reach everyone. We travelled from Udaipur to Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh while on the same tour, Jain devotee ‘Shri Saurav Shankhlaji’ was concerned about our plans and the upcoming pilgrimage since he thought the arrangements for the pilgrimage in Uttar Pradesh would be extremely challenging. Jain settlements are restricted to a small number of cities. Lastly, he formed the group “Samkit Saar” on his phone since he had the lovely feeling that everyone should know about Gurudev wherever he was and his true followers get the correct information about Guruji’s Vihar yatra.