There is a temple at Balrampur commonly known as Palma
Balrampur, a village about four miles from Purulia on the bank
of river Kasai. This temple has a number of Jain images, some of
which are clearly those of the Jain Tirthankaras. An inscription
on a stone fixed to a pillar found at this village was removed
decades back and was fixed by the roadside within the court
compound at Purulia. At Boram, a large village four miles south
from Jaipur railway station, there are three temples identical
in design in ruins. These temples are clearly Jain in origin and
have Jain images. About a mile from Boram to the south, there is
another shrine where there are some images in nudity. This by
itself is a substantial proof that the images are Jain. The
shrine is now taken to be a Hindu temple. The most famous and
better known Jain antiquities are at the small village Pakbira,
20 miles north-east of Bara Bazaar or 32 miles by Purulia-puncha
road. The Jain remains at Pakbira had attracted the attention of
the Archaeological