| Temples & Legends Of Bihar |
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| Temples & Legends
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PARASNATH |
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| The opinion of
the archaeologists that the existing temple edifices on Parasnath Hill date from 1765 A.D.
does not conflict with the hoary antiquity of the place in any manner. Unlike Hindu
temples the Jain temples are often pulled down and re-built. It is certain that the
present edifices were substituted for older edifices, which were demolished. Any
description of the great temple of Parasnath will be incomplete without a few words on the
cult of Jainism, which took its origin in the soil of Bihar. One of the main tenets of
Jainism is that the object of life should be deliverance from the bondage of life and
death, which is essentially evil. The Jains believe in Karma and in transmigration of
souls. They also believe that the law of Karma can be controlled to a large extent by
one's daily life; that is why a Jain subjects his physique and mind to a terrific training
in a sort of ascetic aloofness. |
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