Festivals Jain festivals

1 festivals

1.1 paryushana
1.2 jayanti
1.3 diwali
1.4 new year
1.5 gyana panchami
1.6 pausha dashmi
1.7 varshi tapa or akshay tritiya tapa
1.8 maun-agiyara
1.9 navapad oli
1.10 mahamastakabhisheka
1.11 roth teej
1.12 akshaya tritiya
1.13 shrut panchami

festivals

there many religious festivals in jainism. of them associated 5 auspicious life events of tirthankara known panch kalyanaka.

paryushana


das lakshana (paryusana) celebrations, jain center of america, new york city.

paryushana parva 1 of important festival jains. paryusana formed 2 words meaning ‘a year’ , ‘a coming back’. festival comes in months of shravana , bhadra (august or september). svetambara jains celebrate eight-days while digambara jains celebrate ten days. known das lakshana parva. festival of repentance , forgiveness. many jains fast , carry out different religious activities. jain monks stop walking during chaturmas , reside @ 1 place lecture on various religious subjects during paryushana. festival believed remove accumulated karma of previous year , develop control on new accumulating new karma, following jain austerities , other rituals. there regular rituals @ jain temples. discourses of kalpa sutra given monks. kalpa sutra describes life of mahavira , other tirthankaras. on third day, procession of kalpa sutra carried out. on fifth day, auspicious dreams of trishala, mother of mahavira demonstrated , after birth of mahavira celebrated. tenth day of festival called anant chaurdsashi. anant chaturdashi day when lord vasupujya attained moksha(nirvan). usually, procession taken out jains on day. kshamavani observed day after anant chaturdashi digambaras,while shwetambaras observe after 8th ie last day of paryushan.(last day called samvatsari) on kshamavani, jains ask forgiveness acts during previous year may have hurt them.

jayanti


om hrim siddhi chakra used jains in dravya puja

mahavira born on thirteenth day of bright half of jain calendar month of chaitra, 599 bce. falls in march or april. festival marks birth of mahavira. procession carried out , lectures on message of mahavira presented. idols of mahavira ceremonially bathed , rocked in cradle. events related birth recited sacred texts monks.

diwali

diwali 1 of important festival in india. mahavir attained nirvana followed moksha on day in 527 bce. falls on last day of ashvina month of jain calendar. last day of indian calendar. comes during october or november. believed eighteen kings of northern india, followers of mahavira, decided light lamps (known dipa) symbolizing knowledge of mahavira. known deepavali or diwali. jains forbidden burst crackers.on diwali morning, nirvan ladoo offered after praying lord mahavira in jain temples across world. gautam gandhar swami, chief disciple of lord mahavira achieved omniscience (kevala gyan) later same day.

new year

after celebrating diwali @ end of ashwina, jains celebrate new year on first day of following month of kartika. ritual of snatra puja performed @ temple. mahavira s chief disciple gautama swami attained keval gyan on day.

gyana panchami

the fifth day of kartika known gyana panchami. considered knowledge day. on day holy scriptures displayed , worshipped.

pausha dashmi

it celebrated on 10th day of dark half of pausha (pushya) month of hindu calendar(december/january). marks janma kalyanaka (birth) of 23rd tirthankara, parshvanath. 3 days fast known attham observed many jains.

gommateshvara bahubali, mahamastakabhisheka festival, 2006


varshi tapa or akshay tritiya tapa

it believed first jain tirthankara rishabhdev completed of austerity on 3rd day of bright fortnight of vaishakh month of jain calendar after fasting 13 months , 13 days continuously. people performed austerity known varshi tapa regarding these event complete austerity on day taking sugar-cane juice.

maun-agiyara

maun agiyaras or ekadashi marks kalyanaka of many tirthankaras. celebrated on 11th day of magshar month of jain calendar(october/november). on day, complete silence observed , fasting kept. meditation performed.

navapad oli

the nine-day oli period of semi-fasting. during these period jains take 1 meal day of plain food. comes twice year during march/april , september/october.

mahamastakabhisheka

mahamastakabhisheka festival held once every twelve years in town of shravanabelagola, karnataka. held in veneration of immense 18 meter high statue of bahubali. last anointing took place in february 2006, , next ceremony occur in 2018.

roth teej

roth teej celebrated on bhadrapada shukla tritiya. on roth teej, jains supposed eat 1 type of grain food, roth, once during day. festival reminder material wealth not important, relinquishment leads true happiness.

akshaya tritiya


king shreyansa giving ahara rishabha

akshaya tritiya celebrated commemorate lord adinath s ending of one-year fast consuming sugarcane juice poured cupped hands.

shrut panchami

shrut panchami celebrated jains every year in month of may commemorating acharya pushpadanta , bhutabali.