The birthday of Lord Mahaveer is called "Mahaveer Janma Kalyanak" and also popularly known as Mahaveer Jayanti.
Five hundred and forty-three years before Vikrama Era(in 599 B.C.) Bhagwan Mahaveer, the twenty-fourth and the last Tirthankar was born at midnight on the thirteenth day of the bright half of the month Chaitra. He was in the womb of Devananda for 82 days and in the womb of Trishala for a period of 195 days and a half (in all nine months and seven and a half days).
The birth of this great saviour spread divine light in the whole universe. All beings were steeped in divine bliss. In accordance with the established convention, the thrones of the fifty-six goddesses presiding over all the directions, started receiving tremors and realising that it was the signal of the great event of the birth of the saviour,they all flew towards Bhagwan Mahaveer and his blessed mother. They bowed down to them, bathed them, applied scented pastes, dressed and decked them artistically. With their mission fulfilled, they returned to their respective abodes.
Lord Mahaveer's Life History in Brief
Lord Mahaveer was the twenty-fourth and the last Tirthankara of the Jain religion.
He was born in 599 B.C. in Bihar, India on the 13th day of the bright fortnight
in the month of Chaitra i.e. Chaitra Sudi Teras.
King Siddharth and queen Trishala's son, the prince was given the name of Vardhaman at birth.At the age of thirty, he left his family and royal household to become a monk.
The Lord practised severe austerities and deep meditation for the subsequent twelve years.
He then reached the village Jrambhika and stayed on the banks of the river Rijuvaluka
where he attained Keval Gyan / Omniscience on the Tenth day of the bright half of the month of Vaisakh i.e. Vaisakh Sudi Dasam.
Mahaveerswami spent the next 30 years preaching the path to eternal freedom or Moksha.
At the age of 72, Lord Mahaveer attained Nirvana and his purified soul left his body.
Did You Know: Jainism existed before Lord Mahaveer and he is not a founder of Jain religion but one of the supreme teachers (Tirthanakar) and a reformer.
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