Pawapuri
Pawapuri, 101 kilometers from Patna and 38 kilometers from Rajgir, or Pava is a holy site for Jains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Nalanda district, Patna division, Bihar, India
- Also known as: “Pāwāpuri”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jal Mandir.
Jal Mandir
Jain temple
Photo: Photo Dharma, CC BY 2.0.
The Jal Mandir or Water Temple is situated in Pawapuri, in the Indian state of Bihar. It is dedicated to Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara, which marks the place of his cremation.
Pawapuri
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Giriak, Nalanda, Magadha, Bihar, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
25.089° or 25° 5′ 21″ northLongitude
85.5339° or 85° 32′ 2″ eastElevation
70 metres (230 feet)Open location code
7MQ73GQM+JGOpenStreetMap ID
node 3869238654OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Pawapuri” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “পাওয়াপুরী”
- Bengali: “পাবাপুরী”
- Bhojpuri: “पावापुरी”
- Chinese: “波婆普里城”
- Danish: “Pawapuri”
- Dutch: “Pawapuri”
- Hindi: “पावापुरी”
- Irish: “Pawapuri”
- Magahi: “पावापुरी”
- Panjabi: “ਪਾਵਾਪੁਰੀ”
- Portuguese: “Pawapuri”
- Sanskrit: “पावापुरी”
- Tamil: “பாவாபுரி”
- Urdu: “پاواپوری”
- “पावापुरी”
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