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Early modern · Jain · India
Parashanatha Temple, Arrah
Masarh, near Arrah, Bhojpur district, Bihar · 25.5617°, 84.6731°
ParshvanathaColonial era—
Sacred since
1819 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1819
Colonial era
History & significance
A Jain temple at Masarh near Arrah, built in 1819 at the expense of Babu Shankar Lal of Arrah; an inscription in it some six centuries old records the old name of the place as Mahasara.