Jain festival News

Mahavir Jayanti is one of the most significant and revered festivals for Jains. It marks the birth of Lord Mahavir, the 24th Tirthankara in Jainism. It is known for his teachings on non-violence, truth, and self-discipline.

Mahavir Jayanti 2025 is one of the most sacred festivals in Jainism, commemorating the birth of Lord Mahavir. This year, it will be observed with devotion and peace on April 10, 2025. Devotees celebrate this day by visiting temples, praying, fasting, and spreading messages of peace, non-violence, and truth.

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed devotees to offer Paryushana prayers in three Jain temples in Mumbai, following guidelines, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The apex court permitted devotees to visit Jain temples at Dadar, Byculla and Chembur on the last two days of Paryushana on August 22 and 23. The apex court said that the Centre`s SOP on opening religious places should be followed.

Here's wishing the readers a happy Mahavir Jayanti!

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan used the same phrase ‘Micchami Dukkadam’ to seek forgiveness from anyone and everyone, whom he may have hurt in any way.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday wished the followers of Jain religion on the last day of 'Paryushan Parva'.

In yet another incident highligting growing intolerance among people, a 50-year-old man was killed by a mob on Monday night in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh over alleged rumours that his family consumed and stored beef in their house, reports said on Wednesday.

In the backdrop of a blanket ban on slaughter of cows, bulls and bullocks, a Bangalore based short filmmaker, in a sarcastic way, has allegedly filed a petition asking the government "to ban vegetables also on the occasion of Muslim festival Bakr-Eid".

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay the recent Bombay High Court order on meat ban in Mumbai on September 17 (today).

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said the controversy over ban on meat sale during Jain festival 'Paryushan' has ended as far as his party is concerned, but sought to know why it erupted this year.

Joining the list of authorities that have prohibited meat sale in view of religious observances, Fatehabad Municipal Council (FMC) has banned the slaughter of animals for nine days on account of the Jain 'Paryushan Parv' festival.

Amid a raging controversy over the four-day meat ban in Mumbai, the civic authorities on Friday decided to reduce the number of days to two.

Taking strong objection to meat ban imposed by some BJP-ruled states on account of a Jain festival, CPI on Friday demanded the governments to ensure that they don't dictate what a person should eat and at what time.

Meat spilled over from dinner tables to streets as hundreds of political activists on Thursday protested the four-day meat ban here during a Jain festival, even as the Bombay High Court raised its eyebrows at the ban.