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Mahavir Jayanti, also known as Mahavir Janma Kalyanak is the most auspicious and celebrated event in Jainism. Mahavir Jayanti is the birth date of Lord Mahavir and falls under April 14th in 2014 (based on the Gregorian calendar), but can shift days every year due to the difference in the Hindu calendar system and the […]
(CHAKRA) Mahavir Janma Kalyanak is the specialist religious holiday in Jainism for Jains located all around the world.. It is the birth celebration of Lord Mahavira, the last Tirthankara. On the Gregorian calendar, the holiday occurs either in March or April. This year in 2012, it falls around April 5th. Mahavir Jayanti’s biggest celebrations take […]
(CHAKRA) Mahavira is the name most commonly used to refer to the Indian holy man Vardham?na who established what are today considered to be the central tenets of Jainism. According to Jain tradition, he was the 24th and the last Tirthankara. In Tamil, he is referred to as Aruka or Arukadevan. He is also known in texts […]