Minority target by Majority ! fresh controversy is brewing at Shri Sammed Shikharji, also known as Shikharji or Parasnath Hills in Jharkhand, one of the holiest pilgrimage sites of the Jain community. Social media is now rife with videos showing confrontations between Jain pilgrims and non jain groups of... visitors who claimed to have come to visit a 'Parshuram Temple'. Some visitors were also seen claiming that the temple dedicated to a Jain Tirthankara at the summit is a "Parshuram Temple", while also raising Hindu religious slogans at the sacred hills. For Jains, this is not merely a dispute over slogans. It concerns the preservation of the religious character and sanctity of a pilgrimage site that occupies an unparalleled position in Jainism. a group of people is seen trekking through the Parasnath Hills while chanting "Har Har Mahadev", following which a Jain woman confronts them and questions why such slogans are being raised at the site. some visitors have gone further, describing the Jain shrine at the summit as a "Parshuram Temple" and asserting a different religious association with the site. This is how encroachment starts .show more

Sandeep Parswanath

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