Jharkhand HC@25: A long dispute over Parasnath Hill and the court’s final word

SUMAN K. SHRIVASTAVA   Ranchi, December 18: Rising high above the plains of eastern India in Jharkhand stands Parasnath Hill — known to Jains across the world as Shikharji, the summit of liberation. It is not merely a mountain but a culmination. Jain belief holds that twenty of the twenty-four Tirthankaras attained nirvana here. For centuries, … Continue reading Jharkhand HC@25: A long dispute over Parasnath Hill and the court’s final word