Jagulei Gramadevati, Bansabadi

The site Bansabadi in Panchupur gramapanchayat is about 500m away from Hatadiha on the way to Katia chowk. Two Jaina images i.e. Risabhanatha and Parsvanatha (Pls.LIC-LID) in a small shed locally known as Jagulei amidst the paddy field are worshipped as Gramadevati.

Risabhanatha:

The Tirthankara image is standing in kayotsarga posture. An elliptical halo is marked behind his head and above it a tri-linear umbrella. The chauri attendants standing in tribhanga posture are also present at the bottom with fly-whisk on their right hands. Below it the pedestal represents two couching lion at the middle and one kneeling female devotee and offerings in conical shape over a desk on two sides. But the most remarkable feature is the mount bull (very small in size) is depicted not in the pedestal but in the lotus petal, in between the couching lion and feet of the Tirthankara. Another remarkable feature is a well decorated door jamb with beaded and lata/ scroll design noticed at the back side of the image. The branches of kevala tree are also marked just above the halo of the Tirthankara. In close to these branches cymbals and drum played by the palms of invisible gandharvas are also seen in both sides along with flying vidyadharas.

Parsvanatha

The image of Parsvanatha is seated over a double petalled lotus pedestal. He has seven hooded snake canopy behind his head. His wide chest, elongated ear and curled knot with a bulge at the centre are clearly visible. Two chauri-bearers at the bottom and two flying vidyadharas with garlands at the top are noticed either side of the image. In between chauri bearers and flying vidyadharas cymbals played with invisible hands of gandharvas are found on both side of the image. Below the lotus pedestal two couchant lions are found on each corner. In the center of the pedestal two female figures, one in anjalimudra and the other holds the shaft of the parasol behind Parsvanatha.