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Home / News / India News / Photos / IN PHOTOS: Mahavir Jayanti observed with devotion and tradition across India

IN PHOTOS: Mahavir Jayanti observed with devotion and tradition across India

Updated On: 10 April, 2025 02:25 PM IST | Anushree Gaikwad

From Hyderabad to Gurugram, devotees across the country came together on Thursday to celebrate the serene and spiritual festival of Mahavir Jayanti. (Pics/PTI)

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From Hyderabad to Gurugram, devotees across the country came together on Thursday to celebrate the serene and spiritual festival of Mahavir Jayanti. (Pics/PTI)

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From Hyderabad to Gurugram, devotees across the country came together on Thursday to celebrate the serene and spiritual festival of Mahavir Jayanti. (Pics/PTI)
<p>Women of the Jain community comes together in Thane to honor the jayanti of Lord Mahavir</p>

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Women of the Jain community comes together in Thane to honor the jayanti of Lord Mahavir

<p>Dressed in traditional attire, devotees in Solapur proudly take part in a colorful procession to celebrate Mahavir Jayanti</p>

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Dressed in traditional attire, devotees in Solapur proudly take part in a colorful procession to celebrate Mahavir Jayanti

<p>Femal devotees in Chennai joined the Mahavir Jayanti procession in full festive spirit</p>

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Femal devotees in Chennai joined the Mahavir Jayanti procession in full festive spirit

<p>Mahavira Janma Kalyanaka is one of the most important religious festivals in Jainism</p>

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Mahavira Janma Kalyanaka is one of the most important religious festivals in Jainism

<p>Marking the birth of Lord Mahavir, devotees in Gurugram paid their respects with prayers and offerings inside a richly decorated temple</p>

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Marking the birth of Lord Mahavir, devotees in Gurugram paid their respects with prayers and offerings inside a richly decorated temple

<p>Jain scriptures state that Mahavira was born on the thirteenth day of the waxing moon in the month of Chaitra, in 599 BC</p>

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Jain scriptures state that Mahavira was born on the thirteenth day of the waxing moon in the month of Chaitra, in 599 BC

<p>As per Shvetambara tradition, he was born in Kshatriyakund of Bihar</p>

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As per Shvetambara tradition, he was born in Kshatriyakund of Bihar

<p>The streets of Bhopal came alive as devotees dressed in traditional attire participated in the Mahavir Jayanti procession</p>

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The streets of Bhopal came alive as devotees dressed in traditional attire participated in the Mahavir Jayanti procession

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