This page lists some Jain festivals and holy days, including the birthday of Mahavira and Paryushana, which started as a monastic day of reflection. This page lists some Jain festivals and holy days, ...

President Joe Biden sent his best wishes to the Jain community around the world Sept. 19 to commemorate the Paryushan and Das Lakshan festivals. “Jill and I send our best wishes to Jains in the U.S.

Paryushana is one of the most important Jain festivals, a sacred time dedicated to fasting, prayer, self-reflection, and spiritual discipline. Along with its spiritual significance, Paryushana also ...

Paryushana is one of the most sacred and significant festivals in Jainism, observed with devotion, discipline, and spiritual reflection. It is a time for self-purification, forgiveness, and deepening ...

People in today’s day and age are running at a relentless pace on the hamster wheel of endless tasks and ever-increasing distractions. In the general busyness of our lives, it is easy to lose touch ...

Paryushana is a key Jain festival involving fasting and spiritual reflection over eight to ten days in August or September. It concludes with Samvatsari, the Day of Forgiveness. This year’s observance ...

Mumbai: Svetambara Jains ushered in 'Paryushan Parva', an eight-day sacred period dedicated to spirituality, devotion, and meditation, on August 20. The other major Jain sect, the Digambaras, will ...

The Bombay High Court on Monday wondered if it can prohibit slaughter of animals during the nine-day 'Paryushan Parv' of the Jain community and whether such an order would open the floodgates with ...

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government on Thursday ordered the closure of all slaughterhouses and shops selling and eggs in the state on August 28 and September 6 on the occasion of two Jain community ...