Parashanatha temple, Arrah explained

Map Size:	200
Coordinates:	25.5617°N 84.6731°W
Location:	Arrah, Bihar
Festivals:	Mahavir Jayanti
Deity:	Parshvanatha
Established:	1819 CE
Temple Quantity:	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]

Notes and References

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