"James Tod (1782-1835), who visited Shatrunjay, wrote of the main temple of Adinatha, On the left hand on entering the area, is a spot peculiarly sacred to all of this faith, where Adna’th used to sit in adoration of the ‘One God,’ when the mountain-top, with no canopy but the sky, was his sole place of worship. A Raen tree still marks the site, and is firmly believed by the faithful to be a never-dying scion of that which shaded the first of their prophets, and which now overshadows his sanctified padwa. He could not have selected a spot more calculated to assist the mind’s devotion, and elevate it, ‘through Nature, up to Nature’s God.’ The prospect was sublime..."