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Jain Festivals

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Divinity Atlas. "Jain Festivals." Accessed August 31, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/holiday/jain-festivals.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Jain Festivals. Retrieved August 31, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/holiday/jain-festivals

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-jain-festivals,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Jain Festivals},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/holiday/jain-festivals},
  note = {Accessed August 31, 2026}
}

The two central festivals of Jain practice, Mahavir Jayanti marking Mahavira's birth and Mahavira Nirvana Diwas marking his liberation, observed with real variation between the Digambara and Svetambara traditions over points such as the exact date. This grouping does not include the fasting-centered Paryushana observance period, filed under this atlas's cross-tradition observances grouping instead.

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