Mahavir Jayanti is the
main Jain festival. Mahavirswami is the twenty-fourth Tirthankar. He was born
in 599 BC at Kshatriyakund near modern Patna in Bihar. His father, King Siddhartha,
and his mother, Queen Trishla, were very religious people and followers of Lord
Parshwanath, the twenty-third Tirthankar. When Queen Trishla was expecting the
baby she had 14 beautiful dreams (some believe sixteen dreams). When the learned
scholars were asked about the dreams they said she was going to have an extraordinary
child., one who will show the path to true happiness to humanity.
