Asthal Bohar, also known as Bohar, is a village on the outskirts of
Rohtak
Rohtak () is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies north-west of New Delhi and south of the state capital Chandigarh on NH 9(old NH 10). Rohtak forms a part of the National ...
city in
Rohtak District,
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land a ...
, India.
Asthal means Bairagi Monastery.
Jain, Nath Shaivite and Brahminical images were found in Asthal Bohr monastery. A seventh century AD statue of
Parshvanatha, twenty-third Jain
tirthankara
In Jainism, a ''Tirthankara'' (Sanskrit: '; English: literally a ' ford-maker') is a saviour and spiritual teacher of the '' dharma'' (righteous path). The word ''tirthankara'' signifies the founder of a '' tirtha'', which is a fordable pass ...
, was found in the village.
It has a railway station on
Rewari-Rohtak line.
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Villages in Rohtak district
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