Location:            Opposite Red Fort, Old Delhi
   Built In:                 1658 A.D.
   Dedicated To:     The 23rd Tirthankara, Parashvanath
   Houses:               The Birds Charity Hospital.India Guide 
  Digambar  Jain Lal Mandir is one of the  Delhi's  oldest temple dates  back   to the time of  Aurangzeb's  reign.  It  is situated right opposite  the  Red Fort,  at  the entrance  of  the  main  road.  In the   adjoining lies the noisy and chaotic main street of Chandni Chowk. 
  The Architecture of  the temple boast detailed carvings, and decorative  paintwork in the  ante-chambers  that   surrounding  the main  shrine to the  Parshvanath,  the twenty-third tirthankara.

  The Bird's Charity Hospital:
 The temple premises house a unique medical center for birds, the Birds'  Charity Hospital. Free treatment is given here, which draws inspiration from the message of 'Live and let Live' given by Lord Mahavir, the twenty-fourth Tirthankara of the Jains.   It serves as a rescue sanctuary for partridges, caught and wounded by fowlers and bought in bulk by Jain merchants who bring  them here to recover, and there are separate wards for pigeons, parrots, sparrows and domestic fowl. Squirrels, who will not hurt the birds, are also treated here, but birds of prey are seen on a strictly outpatient basis, as they are not vegetarian. 

  The hospital is run by Aggarwal Digambar Jain panchayat, Delhi. It  was founded in 1956 on the Jain principle of aversion to killing. The hospital has separate wards in form of cages for different species of birds like sparrows, parrots, domestic fowls and pigeons. It also has a research laboratory and even an intensive care unit for its serious patients.
  The people, especially the Jain merchants of the area, bring the birds that are usually wounded by ceiling fans or by other means for treatments. The hospital admits a maximum of 60 injured birds per day. The birds are then treated, bathed and are given nutritious diet so that it recover soon. It is eventually released, especially on Saturdays, after it is declared fit and healthy.
 The three-storey hospital, founded in 1956, treats nearly 30,000 birds every year. The birds are first held in the intensive care unit and are eventually transferred to the general wards, where it regain its wings and eventually fly off.  Fed, a vegetarian diet of bread and cheese, treatments are free of cost and funded by Jain donations. The hospital separates its vegetarian patients from its non-vegetarian counterparts. Carnivorous predators such as eagles, hawks and falcons are housed exclusively on the first floor. Every Saturday, a section of the roof is opened and the recovered birds fly away. The hospital follows a central tenet of Jainism – a commitment towards enabling the freedom of all living beings, no matter how small or insignificant it is. And once the birds are admitted, those are never returned to its owners for fear of likely confinement.