MAHAVIR JAYANTHI
The
religious festival of Mahavir Jayanti is celebrated by the Jain community to
commemorate the birth of the Lord Mahavira.
Mahavira was the 24th and the last Tirthankara (enlightened being). He was born in 599 BCE to King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala. As per legend, the Lord after birth was bathed by the god-king Indra with celestial milk. This ritual marked his birth as the birth of a Tirthankara.
Mahavira, also called as Vardhamana, is regarded as a significant propagator of Jainism, as well as its reformer.
He preached the philosophy to encourage nonviolence (Ahimsa), truthfulness (Satya), chastity (Bramacharya), non-stealing (Asatya), and simple living (Aparigraha).
Lord Mahavira died in 527 BC at the age of 72 to achieve Moksha or Nirvana. His body was cremated at Pawapuri, which was later on converted into a Jain temple (presently known as Jal Mandir).
Mahavira was the 24th and the last Tirthankara (enlightened being). He was born in 599 BCE to King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala. As per legend, the Lord after birth was bathed by the god-king Indra with celestial milk. This ritual marked his birth as the birth of a Tirthankara.
Mahavira, also called as Vardhamana, is regarded as a significant propagator of Jainism, as well as its reformer.
He preached the philosophy to encourage nonviolence (Ahimsa), truthfulness (Satya), chastity (Bramacharya), non-stealing (Asatya), and simple living (Aparigraha).
Lord Mahavira died in 527 BC at the age of 72 to achieve Moksha or Nirvana. His body was cremated at Pawapuri, which was later on converted into a Jain temple (presently known as Jal Mandir).
Even to this
day, nearly 2600 years after the passing away of that great master, this pure
and upright tradition of the monks has been maintained.
Thousands of white clad
Sanyasins and Sanyasinis and also nude monks move on foot from place to place
throughout the length and breadth of the country, carrying Mahavira's gospel of
peace, non-injury and brotherhood among people.
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