Parasnath Hills

The word Parasnath comes from the 23rd Jain Tirthankara Shri Parshwanath Bhagwan. Parasnath hills are a range of small to medium size hills (highest peak 1350 meters) and are located in Jharkhand state, eastern India. They make up the highest mountain south of the Himalayas.In Jainism, the Parasnath hills are referred to as Shri Sammet Shikhar Teerth. They are one of the two most prominent Jain pilgrimage centers, the other being Shetrunjaya, located in Gujarat State of Western India.Twenty Jain Tirthankars, out of twenty-four attained salvation in the Parasanth hills. Jains believe that ordinarily, all 24 attain nirvana at this location. The current time cycle is known as the Hundav Avsarpini, in which events and situations are found to be worse than in past time cycles. These 20 Tirthankars are:
1. Ajitnath
2. Sambhavnath
3. Abhinandan
4. Sumatinath
5. Padmprabhu
6. Suparshwanath
7. Chandraprabhu
8. Suvidhinath
9. Sheetalnath
10. Shreyansnath
11. Vimalnath
12. Anantnath
13. Dharmnath
14. Shantinath
15. Kunthunath
16. Arnath
17. Mallinath
18. Munisuvrat Swami
19. Naminath
20. Parshwanath

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