PNME Railway Station Information and Trains for PNME

PARASNATH - PNME

Parashanth Hills"Parasnath railway station" is on the Asansol-Gaya section of the Grand Chord and serves the town of Isri in Giridih district in the Indian States and territories of India of Jharkhand. The Parasnath Hill

Shikharji, located nearby, with a height of is the highest mountain in the state of Jharkhand.

The word Parasnath comes from the 23rd Tirthankara of Jainism, Parshva. Jains refer to the Parasnath Hill as Shikharji, and it is one of the two most prominent Jain pilgrimage centers, the other being Shetrunjaya, in Gujarat. According to Jain belief, twenty of the twenty-four Tirthankaras (teachers of the Jains) attained Moksha (Nirvana) from Shikharji.

The Grand Chord was opened in 1906.

The Gomoh-Koderma sector was electrified in 1961-62.

It is a holy place to visit with innumerable temples, shrines and meditation halls in the midst of natural scenery and wildlife.