Parashanatha temple, Arrah

Parashanatha temple, Arrah
Parashanatha temple, Arrah
Religion
Affiliation	Jainism
Deity	Parshvanatha
Festivals	Mahavir Jayanti
Location
Location	Arrah, Bihar
Geographic coordinates	25°33′42″N 84°40′23″E / 25.56167°N 84.67306°E
Architecture
Date established	1819 CE
Temple(s)	3

Parashanatha Temple is a Jain temple dedicated to Parasnath in Masarh village near Arrah in Bihar.

About temple

It was built by Babu Shankar Lal of Arrah in 1819 CE,^[1] a Inscription in the temple reads that this temple is dedicated to a citizen of Aramnagar (perhaps the old name of Arrah^[2]^[3] There are statues of 8 prominent Jain figures are in the temple along with seven dated Jain inscriptions. A 600 old Jain inscription in the temple of Parshvanatha has mentioned this place as Mahāsāra.^[4]

References

^ Bhāratīya saṃskr̥tike vikāsameṃ Jaina vāṅmayakā avadāna, Volume 2. Akhila Bhāratavarshīya Digambara Jaina Vidvatparishad. 1983.
^ "Lion Motif in Mauryan Art: Indigenous or Foreign?" (PDF). heritageuniversityofkerala.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
^ Singh, Rana (September 2019). "Masarh : A Great Archaeo-Historic Site of Bihar". J. P. University, Chapra. 63.
^ Archaeological Survey of India: Reports 1862-1884, Volumes 3-23.

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[1] Bhāratīya saṃskr̥tike vikāsameṃ Jaina vāṅmayakā avadāna, Volume 2. Akhila Bhāratavarshīya Digambara Jaina Vidvatparishad. 1983.

[2] "Lion Motif in Mauryan Art: Indigenous or Foreign?" (PDF). heritageuniversityofkerala.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[3] Singh, Rana (September 2019). "Masarh : A Great Archaeo-Historic Site of Bihar". J. P. University, Chapra. 63.

[4] Archaeological Survey of India: Reports 1862-1884, Volumes 3-23.

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