Mahavir Janma Kalyanak
April 21, Sunday
Delhi, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh
Mahavir Janma Kalyanak is one of the most important religious festivals in Jainism. It celebrates the birth of Mahavir, the twenty-fourth and last Tirthankara of present Avasarpiṇī. On the Gregorian calendar, the holiday occurs either in March or April.