Bharat Devotion

Mahavira

Also known as Bhagwan Mahavira, Vardhamana, Vira, Mahavir Swami

The 24th and final Tirthankara of the present era in Jain tradition, who revitalized the path of Ahimsa, Satya, and Anekantavada.

Jainism's Central Prayer

Worship Before a Tirthankara

Prince to Omniscient Teacher

The Jain Ritual of Sacred Bathing

The Jain Festival of Forgiveness

The Everyday Lamp Ritual for Tirthankaras

The Heart of Jain Doctrine

Ratnatraya

Jain Monastic Vows

The Jain Practice of Introspection and Repentance

Jainism's Ford-Makers

The Three Worlds of Lok Purush

The Two Jain Traditions

Mahavira's First Female Disciple

The Jain Practice of Equanimity

Bhadrabahu, the last Shrutakevali to hold the Jain canon complete in memory, presided over the famine that split Jain memory of him between Karnataka and Nepal.

The Jain Vow of a Peaceful Death

A Jain Parable of Anekantavada

Self-Restraint and Scripture's Guardian

The Supreme Path of Non-Violence in Jainism

The Path of Universal Compassion

The Sacred Harmony of Many-Sided Truth

Practicing Many-Sided Truth in Daily Life

The Jain Vow of Non-Possession

The Jain Path of Non-Possession

Marble Jain Sanctuaries

The Shwetambara Pancha Tirth, five peaks where Tirthankaras attained liberation, draw pilgrims on foot in fasting and non-violence toward Moksha itself.

Birthplace of Three Tirthankaras

The Two Realities

The State of Omniscience

Jain Heritage of Tulu Nadu

The Universal Jain Bow to Virtue

The Festival of Self-Purification

The holiest Jain festival of the year — eight to ten days of fasting, scriptural study, and self-reflection, culminating in Samvatsari and the universal plea for forgiveness, Micchami Dukkadam.

Jal Mandir of Mahavira's Nirvana

The Supreme Mountain of Twenty Tirthankaras

Abode of Bahubali Gommateshwara

The Golden Hill of 103 Jain Temples

The Jain Doctrine of Sevenfold Predication