Mahavira Jayanti

It is the main Jain Festival of India. Born in 599 BC at Kshatriyakund near modern Patna in Bihar, Mahavirswami is the twenty-fourth Tirthankar.

Lord Mahavira parents, King Siddhartha, and his mother, Queen Trishla, were very religious people and werr great followers of Lord Parshwanath, the twenty-third Tirthankar. When Queen Trishla was expecting Mahavira, she had 14 beautiful dreams . When the learned scholars analysed these dreams, they said she was going to have an extraordinary child., one who will show the path to true happiness to humanity.

This festival is celebarated during the Hindu lunar month of Chaitra and it last for one day. The festival is celebarated on the thirteenth day of Chaitra(in the month of March and April), right around the time of the full moon. The religion of Jainism does not believe in God as a creator, survivor, and destroyer of the universe. Jainism explains that eight types of vargana and five bodies exist in the universe.

Mahavir Jayanti is Falling on April 07 2009

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Ram Navmi Festival

As the name suggest, Ram Navmi is dedicated to God Ram. It falls on the ninth day of Navmi. It is generally celebarated by Hindus. The day is celebarated as the birth of Lord Ram, who is remembered for his prosperous and righteous reign. Ram Navmi generally falls in the month of Chaitya.

The public worship starts with morning ablutions, chanting Vedic mantras dedicated to Vishnu, and offering flowers and fruit to the god. People keep a fast throughout the day, breaking it only at midnight with fruit. In some part of Northern India, especially Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Ram Navmi is a major festival

Devotees of Ram generally adopt fasts, as it is the only easy mean of gaining happiness in the material world and achieving salvation at the same time.

Ram Navmi is falling on APRIL 3,2009.

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