Mahavir Janma Kalyanak Aangi Darshan Mahavira (Mahāvīra), also known as Vardhamāna, was the twenty-fourth Tirthankara (ford maker) of Jainism. In the Jain tradition, it is believed that Mahavira was born in early part of the 6th-century BC into a royal family in what is now Bihar, India. According to later Jain texts, Mahavira’s childhood name was Vardhamāna (“the one who …
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Jain Navkar Mantra | Namokar Mantra
Jain Navkar Mantra | Namokar Mantra The Navkar Mantra is the most important mantra in Jainism and can be recited at any time. While reciting the Navkar Mantra, we are bowing down with respect to Arihantas (souls who have reached the state of non-attachment towards worldly process), Siddhas (liberated souls), Ächäryäs (heads of sadhus and sadhvis), Upädhyäyas (those who teach …
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