Parashanatha Temple, Arrah
Parashanatha Temple is a Jain temple dedicated to Parasnath in Masarh village near Arrah in Bihar. It was built by Babu Shankar Lal of Arrah in 1819,[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][4]). There are statues of 8 prominent Jain figures are in the Temple along with seven dated Jain Inscriptions.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 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.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 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.