Jammu, April 1 -- Mahavir Jayanti is one of the most important festivals of Jainism and Jains celebrate this festival every year in the Hindu calendar month of Chaitra Shukal Paksh with great enthusiasm and simplicity. The day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Mahavira. This festival of Jain community usually falls in the month of March/April. This year Mahavir Jayanti will be celebrated today on 31th of March 2026, Tuesday that in Local Hindu Calendar is Chaitra Skual Paksh Triyodashi thiti. It is celebrated with great zeal in India and across the world. .It celebrates the birth of Lord Mahavir, the twenty fourth and last Tirthankara (Supreme Preacher) of the present Avasarpini. According to Jain texts, Mahavir ...