Sanjay Gandhi National Park
The Sanjay Gandhi National Park area has a long written history dating back to the 4th century BCE. In ancient India, Sopara and Kalyan were two ports in the vicinity that traded with ancient civilisations such as Greece and Mesopotamia. The land route between these two ports was partially through this forest.
Sanjay Gandhi National Park
In the forest, there is a famous Jain temple called Trimurti or Trimurti Digambar Jain Mandir. This temple is widely visited by Digambar sect of Jain community. It has three huge idols of lord Adinath and his two sons, lord Bahubali and lord Bharata. Statue of Rishabhanatha is 31 feet in height and tallest in all three on both side statue of Bharata and Bahubali are 28 feet tall. There is a 51 feet kirti stambh also present here.