This story accepted among the non- Shwetambars and some western scholars also agree with it. Acharya Sthulibhadra and his disciples who stayed back in the north started wearing "white clothes" which lead to the formation of the Shwetambar sect. In brief, the non-Shwetambar version states that, Shwetambars branched off after the time of Acharya Bhadrabahu who migrated with his disciples to the southern parts of India due to a twelve-year famine in the Magadh region. There is a misconception that only the naked Jain monks were a part of the Jain sangh established by the Tirthankars and the Shwetambar sect was a reformist tradition, which was created after Acharya Bhadrabahu migrated south. Misconception 1- Shwetambar sect emerged out of the original Nirgranth tradition as they started wearing white robes. References from her book, "The Jaina Stupa at Mathura" have been used in this article to address a few misconceptions. Porwal for her path breaking research on Kankali Tila Stupa at Mathura.
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