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Mahavir Jayanti Facebook Covers: The religious festival of Mahavir Jayanti is celebrated by the Jain community to commemorate the birth of the Lord Mahavira. Mahavira was the 24th and the last Tirthankara (enlightened being). He was born in 599 BCE to King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala.
Jainism is an ancient religion from India that teaches that the way to liberation and bliss is to live a life of harmlessness and renunciation.
The aim of Jain life is to achieve liberation of the soul.
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Jain Temples: Mahavir Jayanti Facebook Covers
There are some beautiful Jain temples in India, although the majority of Jain temples are much plainer structures.
Jain temples contain images of tirthankaras; either in seated meditation, or standing. A seated image or images is usually the focus of a temple interior. Jains make offerings to the images as part of their worship.
Jain temples range from the immense and elaborate to the very plainest of worship rooms.
The two largest Jain sects decorate their temples in different ways.
Digambar Jain temples have tirthankara statues that are undecorated and unpainted.
In Svetambara Jain temples the images are always decorated – with painted or glass eyes and sometimes ornaments of gold, silver, and jewels on the forehead. Further decoration is common.
Svetambara Jains decorate images richly for festivals using flowers, paints, and jewels, and make decorative offerings of flowers, leaves, sandalwood, saffron, camphor, gold or silver leaf, pearls, precious stones or costume jewellery.
These offerings are renewed daily as a gesture of devotion.
