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In Odisha, khandgiri and udaygiri hill have thirty-two caves still existed build during 200 BC by kharvela king. Influenced by that time of prevailing Budhhist cave Architecture style.
Parasnath known for the nirvana place of twenty Tirthanakars, there are in total twenty-nine tunk one Jain temple and one Jal mandir situated on the hill, also there are number of temples existing at the base of Parasnath hill. The other nearby places of great importance are Rijubalika tirtha, Barakar, Palganj, Ishari bazar. These places are properly developed and attract the tourist throughtout the year.
Bihar have number of important sites related to Jain religion. Such as Patna - nirvana place of Sri Sudarsana muni, Ara – the Lord Sri Mahavira taken rest here during the religious visits, Vaishali- The birth place of Lord Sri Mahavir, Jamui - this place considered as birthplace of Lord Sri Mahavir by Swetamber sect, Bhagalpur- The place associated with Sri Vasupujya Swami, Banka - Nirvana Place of Sri Vasupujya Swami, Nalanda - Nirvana place for Sri Mahavir, Rajgir-associated with Sri Munisubratnath and Sri Mahavir, Nawada- Nirvana place for Sri Gautam Swami. All these places are of great importance and pilgrimage site for the Jains. At all these locations, there are number of temples existed in their own style, which reflect the richness of Jain Architecture of the region.
At the time of site visit author found number of temple existed and number of new ongoing construction of temples, all those inheritate Jain temple architectural style. All those have one very common features as the carving and decoration of the interior that reflect inner richness of Jain religion. The style of temple construction techniques inheriate by the Jain Architecture tradition style such as Jal mandir, Samosaran and Manastambha is maintained, and keep on growing.
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