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Shikharji
Parasnath Hill, Giridih, Jharkhand, 825329 Phone: Not AvailableAbout
Shikharji (Parasnath Hill), Giridih district , Jharkhand, India , is a Jain pilgrimage site, believed to be the place where many of the Tirthankaras attained Nirvana . Shikarji is located in an inland part of rural east India. Shikharji (Śikharji) means venerable peak . The site is also called Sammed Sikhar or Sammet Shikhar, meaning the peak of concentration because it is a place where twenty of twenty-four Tirthankaras attained a state of mokṣa through meditative concentration . The word Parasnath is derived from Pārśva , the twenty-third Tirthankara to attain nirvana at the site.
