Tag Archives: Parasnath

During the full moon of the Baisakh month (in May), Adivasis from the Santhal community in Hazaribagh, erstwhile Manbhum, and the larger Santhal Pargana areas in Jharkhand, gather at the base of Marang Buru or the hill deity. Here, by the stump of an otherwise towering Sal tree, with five …

A day after the Central authorities assured members of the Jain neighborhood that sanctity of their holy place, Sammed Shikharji on Parasnath hills in Jharkhand, will probably be maintained and there could be no transfer to advertise the place as a “vacationer place”, members of the Santhal tribe within the …