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- Mahavir Jayanthi is the birthday of Vardaman Mahavir also known as Mahavir Janma Kalyanak
- Vardaman Mahavir is the 24th Tirthankara of the Jain religion
- He was born in kundal grama in Bihar in 540 BCE his father's name was Siddhartha and his queen Trisha
- Religious places of Jain were decorated on this day with flowers and flags
- According to the Hindu calendar. Mahavir Jayanthi is celebrated on the 15th day of the Chaitra month
- He gave the five important principles of the Jain religion, They are Sathya, Ahimsa, Acharya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha
- Jain follow the strict food practice of the Satvik diet with the absence of onion and garlic
- He died in Pawapuri in Bihar. Monks in temples hold lectures on religion and its virtues
