Parasrampura is a town in
Jhunjhunu district of
Rajasthan in
India. It is located 43 km south east of
Mandawa and has the distinction of having the best-preserved and oldest
fresco
Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...
paintings in the
Shekhawati region. A magnificent cenotaph (Chhatri) was erected in
Maharao Shardul Singh
Maharao Shardul Singh ji Shekhawat was born in 1681 and was the ruler of Jhunjhunu (in present-day Rajasthan, India). After his death the estate was divided equally among his five sons, whose descendants continued to rule over it until India a ...
's (Ruler of Jhunjhunu) memory at Parasrampura by his heirs. Parasrampura was conquered by
Maharao Shardul Singh
Maharao Shardul Singh ji Shekhawat was born in 1681 and was the ruler of Jhunjhunu (in present-day Rajasthan, India). After his death the estate was divided equally among his five sons, whose descendants continued to rule over it until India a ...
before invading
Jhunjhunu.
After that Thakur Bhawani Singh (Grand son of Rawal Nawal Singh ji of
Nawalgarh and great grand son of
Maharao Shardul Singh
Maharao Shardul Singh ji Shekhawat was born in 1681 and was the ruler of Jhunjhunu (in present-day Rajasthan, India). After his death the estate was divided equally among his five sons, whose descendants continued to rule over it until India a ...
set their Thikana as Parasrampura.
References
Cities and towns in Jhunjhunu district
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