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Parshwanath Jayanti 2024: There are 24 main Thirthanakaras in Jainism. The first Tirthankar was Rishabhnath and the last was Mahavir Swami. Bhagwan Parshwanath was the 23rd Jain Tirthankar and his Jayanti is celebrated on the Dashmi Tithi of Krishna Paksha in the month of Pausha. This year, the Parshwanath Jayanti will be celebrated on 6th January 2024. Let us check out some lesser-known facts about the venerated Jain Tirthankar on the occasion of his Jayanti. 

Parshwanath Jayanti 2024: Lesser-Known Facts About 23rd Jain Tirthankar 

- Situated on the banks of the holy Ganga River, Varanasi, also called Banaras, was ruled by King Ashwasen approximately 3000 years ago. a. Parshva Kumar was their son. Later, Parshva Kumar rose to become the 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanath in Jainism.

Bhagwan Parshwanath is the 23rd Jain Tirthanakar. (Image Source: Canva)

- As he saw the suffering that all living things went through, Parshvakumar became extremely detached. He became a monk at the age of thirty, giving up his family and everything of his belongings. He meditated for the majority of his time, seeking the highest state of joy for everyone. 

- Mahavira was born 273 years before Parshvanath. He was Neminath's spiritual successor, the 22nd Tirthankar. He is regarded as a revivalist and propagandist of Jainism. At Mount Sammeda (Madhuban, Jharkhand), also known as Parasnath Hill in the Ganges basin and a significant Jain pilgrimage site, Parshvanatha attained moksha.

- Several Jain texts state that Parshvanatha had blue-black skin at birth. He was a robust and attractive youngster who enjoyed playing with the river, hill, and tree gods. Parshvanatha started performing the twelve fundamental responsibilities of an adult Jain family at the age of eight. 

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- Before achieving omniscience, Parshvanatha meditated for eighty-four days under a dhaataki tree close to Benares. He observed stringent vows and asceticism during his meditation period. The Jain tradition holds that renunciating the ego requires careful movement, measured speech, restrained desires, mental discipline, and physical exertion. Parshvanatha practised all of these things. The Jain writings claim that when he was practising asceticism, lions and fawns wandered around him.



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