Parasnath Hill

E295186

Jain pilgrimage site hill

Parasnath Hill is a prominent Jain pilgrimage site in Jharkhand, India, revered as the place where many Jain Tirthankaras are believed to have attained nirvana.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Parasnath Hill canonical	2
Parashnath Hills	1
Shikharji temples, Parasnath Hill	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jain pilgrimage site ⓘ hill ⓘ
accessedVia	road from Isri Bazar ⓘ trekking trails from Madhuban ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sammed Shikhar ⓘ Shikharji ⓘ
associatedWithTirthankara	Mahavira ⓘ Neminatha ⓘ Parshvanatha ⓘ
climate	subtropical ⓘ
contains	multiple Jain shrines ⓘ tonks (memorial shrines of Tirthankaras) ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
culturalSignificance	one of the holiest Jain pilgrimage sites ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1365 metres ⓘ approximately 4478 feet ⓘ
hasAnnualPilgrimageSeason	yes ⓘ
hasForestCover	yes ⓘ
hasRoute	motorable road up to certain point ⓘ traditional footpath for pilgrims ⓘ
hasSunriseViewPoint	yes ⓘ
hasTemple	Jain temples on Parasnath Hill ⓘ
hasViewOf	surrounding Chota Nagpur Plateau ⓘ
hasWildlife	yes ⓘ
heritageStatus	important Jain heritage site ⓘ
highestPointOf	Jharkhand ⓘ
importantFor	Jain religious history ⓘ local economy of Giridih district ⓘ
locatedIn	Giridih ⓘ surface form: Giridih district Jharkhand ⓘ Parasnath Range ⓘ
namedAfter	Parshvanatha ⓘ
nearestMajorCity	Dhanbad ⓘ Giridih ⓘ
nearestRailwayStation	Parasnath railway station ⓘ
nearestTown	Madhuban ⓘ
numberOfTirthankarasAttainingNirvana	20 ⓘ
partOf	Chota Nagpur Plateau ⓘ
pilgrimageType	tirtha ⓘ
religion	Jainism ⓘ
significanceInJainism	site where many Tirthankaras attained nirvana ⓘ
stateProtected	yes ⓘ
tourismType	eco-tourism ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ
usedFor	meditation by pilgrims ⓘ religious rituals ⓘ
visitedBy	Digambara Jains ⓘ Svetambara ⓘ surface form: Shvetambara Jains

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jharkhand → hasImportantReligiousSite → Parasnath Hill ⓘ

Chota Nagpur Plateau → highestPoint → Parasnath Hill ⓘ

Jain temples → notableExample → Parasnath Hill ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shikharji temples, Parasnath Hill

Giridih → hasNearbyHill → Parasnath Hill ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parashnath Hills