In the backdrop of protests, let's see the significance and history of Parasnath Hill. Shikharji Temple: The most important Jain Tirtha Shikharji Temple in Giridih district of Jharkhand is located ...

A protest by the Jain community led to the Giridih district administration setting up a checkpoint to prevent people from entering the temple area ... Sammed Shikhar ji (Parasnath) as a pilgrimage ...

The entire 9-km stretch to Sammed Shikharji and Parasnath Temple (a Shiva temple on the next hill) is lined with trash along both sides of the path. Wild monkeys play with plastic bottles and ...

We want these numbers to increase and promote the area as a must-see spot.” Apart from the Parasnath temple, there are several Jain temples belonging both to Digambers and Svetambers sects. On Mahavir ...

From the religious point of view, the major religious tourist places of the state are Baba Baidyanathdham Temple (Deoghar), Parasnath Temple (Giridih), Maa Bhadrakali Temple (Itkhori), Rajrappa ...

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday stayed all tourism activities at the Parasnath Hill where the Jain religious site 'Sammed Shikharji' is located and directed the Jharkhand government to ...

which underlined developing Parasnath as a religious tourist centre along with other religious places including Baba Baidyanath Temple in Deoghar and Rajrappa Temple in Ramgarh district.

KOLKATA: Fifty two years after his parents Howard and Muriel were enthralled by the beauty of Parasnath Jain temple during a trip to Kolkata as tourists, American ambassador to India Kenneth Ian ...

Ranchi, Dec 14 : People of the Jain community all over the country are protesting against government's move to declare Parasnath Hill located in the Giridih district of Jharkhand a tourist destination ...