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Town in Bihar, India
Pawapuri
Town
From top ,left to right: Night view of Jal Mandir,Hotel Abhilasha,Gaanv Mandir,Digambar Mandir,Maa Ashapuri Mandir,Jal Mandir, BMIMS Pawapuri
Nickname(s):
The Town of Peace and Non-violence
Pawapuri status in Google map
Country
India
State
Bihar
Region
Magadh
Division
Patna
District
Nalanda
Nagar Panchayat
Pawapuri
Ward
11
Founded
774 AD
Founded by
Dharmapala
Government
• Type
Nagar Panchayat
• Body
Nagar panchayat pawapuri
Population
(2011)
• Town
28,790
• Urban
13,263
Time zone
UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
803115
Telephone Code
+91-6112
Vehicle registration
BR-21
Pawapuri or Pavapuri (also called Apapapuri, meaning "the sinless town") is a holy site for Jains located in the Nalanda district of Bihar state in Eastern India. It is located about 19 kilometers from Rajgir and 101 kilometers from Patna, the capital of Bihar.[1] Pawapuri is the place of Mahavira's nirvana and a pilgrimage site for Jains.[2]
postage stamp of 2550th Nirwan Mahotsav issued by the Government of India on 21 April 2024, on the eve of Mahavira Jayanti, Narendra Modi releasing postage stamp Along with Culture Minister of India, Arjun Ram Meghwal
^"Destinations :: Pawapuri ::Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation". Bstdc.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
Pawapuri or Pavapuri (also called Apapapuri, meaning "the sinless town") is a holy site for Jains located in the Nalanda district of Bihar state in Eastern...
The Jal Mandir or Water Temple is situated in Pawapuri (also known as Apapapuri which means a town without sins), in the Indian state of Bihar. It is a...
Vanijagrama, Nalanda, Mithila, Bhadrika, Alabhika, Panitabhumi, Shravasti, and Pawapuri. He is said to have lived in Rajagriha during the rainy season of the forty-first...
Bihar are as follows: Mahabodhi Temple Bodhi Tree Bodh Gaya Gaya Vaishali Pawapuri Nalanda Rajgir Kesariya Vikramashila Areraj Pataliputra The capital of...
Neminatha on Mount Girnar, Gujarat, and Mahavira, the last tirthankara, at Pawapuri, near modern Patna. Twenty-one of the tirthankaras are said to have attained...
Vaishali, Kesaria, Lumbini, Kushinagar, Sarnath), Jain Circuit (Rajgir, Pawapuri) and Sikh Circuit in Bihar. Air: The nearest is Gaya International Airport...
Bihar, India. The Hindu, Buddhist and Jain pilgrim centres of Nalanda, Pawapuri, Rajgir, Bodh Gaya and Vaishali are all near Harnaut. The incumbent Chief...
is one of the five principal pilgrimage destinations along with Girnar, Pawapuri, Champapuri, Dilwara, Palitana and Ashtapad Kailash. Shikharji means the...
Indian Railways. It runs between major "Buddhist Hubs" such as Rajgir, Pawapuri, Nalanda, Patna, Gaya, Varanasi/Sarnath cities in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh...
Nalanda district. His second son Pankaj Sinha is also in social work in Pawapuri, and his youngest son Shashikant is a doctor by profession. Singh belonged...
of Medical Sciences (VIMS) is a government medical college situated at Pawapuri, in the Nalanda district of the Indian state of Bihar. It is affiliated...
Jamui) - 149 Km. Nawada - Giridih line (via. Satgawan) - 130 Km. Nawada - Pawapuri line - 35 Km. Nawada - Lakshmipur line - 137 Km. "Nawada Railway Station"...
identified with modern-day Nalanda district. Mahavir achieved nirvana in Pawapuri which is today a pilgrimage site for Jains from across the world. An ancient...
local rivers include the Mahane, the Panchane – which divides west of Pawapuri into the Goithwa, Soyaba and smaller rivers – the Zerain, and others.[citation...
Kerala SR/Southern 61 m Pavur Chatram PCM Tamil Nadu SR/Southern 158 m Pawapuri Road PQE Bihar ECR/East Central 61 m Payagpur PDR Uttar Pradesh NER/North...
and Jain pilgrimage centres of Vaishali, Rajgir, Nalanda, Bodh Gaya and Pawapuri are nearby and Patna City is a sacred city for Sikhs as the tenth Sikh...
Pawapuri Road railway station is a railway station on the Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line under the Danapur railway division of East Central Railway zone. It...
major tourist attractions nearby are Kakolat Falls, Rajgir, Bodhgaya and Pawapuri, all located one to two hours away. Warisaliganj has many old attractions...
Rajgir is birthplace of Munisuvrata, the twentieth Jain tirthankara and Pawapuri is nirvana place of Mahavira the last Jain tirthankara. Pataliputra and...
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