Mahavir Jayanti marks the birth anniversary of Lord Mahavir who is known as the founder of ‘Jainism’. Mahavir Jayanti, also known as Mahavir Janma Kalyanak, is one of the most important religious festivals in Jainism which celebrates the birth of a great Tirthankara of Jainism. Lord Mahavir, who was the 24th and last Tirthankara of present Avasarpiṇī, was born in the early part of the 6th century BCE into a royal Kshatriya Jain family in ancient India. He was a successor of the 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanatha.
Mahavir Jayanti occurs either in March or April every year as per the Gregorian calendar. This year, it will be celebrated on April 4, 2023.
