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4.7.4 Sri Parshavanath Digamber Jain Temple, Kolhua mountain Location: Chatra, Jharkhand Date of Construction : 1625 Temple Type - Shri Kolhua Pahad Digamber Jain Teerth Kshetra Plate Number: - LXIII
Historical Background According to Jain's ethic, the tenth Tirthankar Bhagvan Sheetalnath was born in Bhadrikapuri or Bhaddalpur. He accepted the monk's hood in the nearby Bhaddalpur forest called Sahetuk-Van. Until three years he practiced penance and meditation, often absorbed in himself to experience eternal joy and happiness, thus conquering the ills of affection and the aversion of the world, to break the web of birth and death. Finally, in the day - Paush Krishna Chaturdashi, he reached divinity - again in Sahetuk-Van. This Sahetuk-Van is now Kolhua Pahad. This area, including Bhaddalpur, saw the four Kalyanaka of Bhagvan Sheetalnath, Kalyanakas-Garbh-Janma-Tapa-Gyan. Today's Bondalgaon in the Chatra district of Jharkhand is Bhadrikapuri or Bhaddalpur. There are also three other places called Bhadeja, Bhaddia and Bhadiyagaon, but these villages do not have symptoms of Jainism. However, Bhondalgaon and its surroundings have a huge material linked to Jainism, so many ruins of idols, temples and other symbols. Therefore, many history scholars such as Sir Willium Hunter, Dr.Stane after a thorough study and investigation have discovered and declared Kolhua Pahad, a Jain Teerth and Bhondalgaon, the birthplace of Lord Sheetalnath (Kshetra, 2018).
Architectural Features of the Temple This Temple is present on the hilltop of Kolhua Mountain. In front of temple these is a big lake, which have water throughout the year. The temple houses the diety Sri Parshavanath. The temple has rectangular shikhara and is finished with lime mortar plaster. The temple main garbhagriha is rectangle with size 11'-0" X 18-0”. The total height of temple is about 40'-6".
4.7.5 Sammed Shikhar, Madhuban, Parashnath Location : Madhuban, Jharkhand Date of Construction : 1955 Temple Type - Nirvan place of twenty Tirthankar
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