Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched ?
(Tirthankar) – (Nirvan Place)

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Correct — B, the mismatched pair. Vasupujya, the 12th Tirthankara, attained nirvana (moksha) at Champapuri (Champa, near Bhagalpur in present-day Bihar) — NOT at Sammed Shikhar. He is in fact one of only four Tirthankaras who did NOT attain liberation on Sammed Shikhar (Shikharji / Parasnath Hill), where the other twenty did. Because the question asks which pair is NOT correctly matched, option (b) is the answer. The other three pairs are correct: Rishabhanath (Adinath, the 1st Tirthankara) attained nirvana on Ashtapada (identified with Mount Kailash); Neminath (Aristanemi, the 22nd) on Mount Girnar, whose peak is called Urjayanta/Ujjayanta; and Mahavira (the 24th and last) at Pavapuri in Bihar.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Correctly matched, so it cannot answer a 'NOT correctly matched' question. Rishabhanath (Adinath), the first Tirthankara, is traditionally said to have attained nirvana on Mount Ashtapada (identified with Kailash).  (c) Correctly matched. Neminath (Aristanemi), the 22nd Tirthankara, attained nirvana on Mount Girnar in Gujarat, whose summit is known as Urjayanta / Ujjayanta.  (d) Correctly matched. Mahavira, the 24th and last Tirthankara, is traditionally held to have attained nirvana at Pavapuri (Pava) in present-day Bihar.

Concept: Jainism recognises 24 Tirthankaras (ford-makers). Sammed Shikhar (Shikharji), on the Parasnath Hill of Jharkhand, is the holiest Jain pilgrimage site because 20 of the 24 Tirthankaras are believed to have attained moksha there. The four exceptions each have their own site: Rishabhanath at Ashtapada, Vasupujya at Champapuri, Neminath at Girnar, and Mahavira at Pavapuri. Knowing these four exceptions is the whole key to this question.

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