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Devotees hang by a crane as they immerse an idol of the Hindu elephant god Ganesha, the deity of prosperity, in the waters of the Sabarmati River on the last day of the Ganesha Chaturthi festival in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad September 29, 2012. Ganesha idols are taken through the streets in a procession accompanied by dancing and singing and later immersed in a river or the sea symbolising a ritual seeing-off of his journey towards his abode, taking away with him the misfortunes of all mankind. (INDIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A mahout sits in between elephants which are participating in festivities marking the annual harvest festival of Onam at a temple on the outskirts of the southern Indian city of Kochi August 29, 2012.

Indian Hindu devotees form a human pyramid to break the dahi-handi, curd-pot, suspended in the air during celebrations of Janmashtami, which marks the birth of Hindu God Lord Krishna, Mumbai on August 10, 2012. Hindu men and boys receive prize money by constructing a human pyramid till it is tall enough to enable the topmost person to reach the pot and claim the contents after breaking it.

A Hindu priest sits in a cauldron of water and makes offerings to a fire while performing the "Parjanya Varun Yagam", a special prayer for rain, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad July 1, 2012. Hindus believe the prayer appeases the god Varuna, who favours them with rain if the ritual is performed. 

An Indian child plays in a water-logged street after a spell of monsoon rain in New Delhi on July 12, 2012. The monsoon rains, a key to India's economy, covered the entire country on July 11 but it was 23 percent below average, officials said amid worries of its impact on two cereal-producing states.

Paryushan Mahaparva

The Paryushan is the most important festival among the Jain festivals

The eight-day festival, known as “Paryushan Maha-Parva” is a festival of Dharma Aradhana. It was celebrated with religious fervor and enthusiasm.

It is observed during every Chaturmas commencing on the twelfth day of the fortnight of the waning moon, in Bhadrapad and ending on the fourth day of the fortnight of the waxing moon in the Bhadrapad. During these eight days, the entire Jain Society becomes spellbound in an atmosphere of enthusiasm and felicity. All Jains, the young and the old perform AtthaiTap - fasting for eight days at a time. Some men and women; and even children take the vow of Paushadh Vrat also for eight days During these days, the spiritual preceptors read out and explain in detail the Kalpasutra, the most sacred scripture of the Jains. All the members of the congregation listen to that explanation, overwhelmed with the emotion of devotion. Seven days are days of attainment and the eighth day is one of fulfillment or achievement In this manner, the Samvatsari Mahaparva the annual festival is celebrated. Listening to the holy voice of the spiritual preceptors when they explain the 1250 fundamental Sutras; performing the Samvatsarik Pratikraman, (the annual atonement) for seeking the forgiveness of those people whom one hates or against whom one nurses a grudge; forgetting all hatred and spite-these, constitute the Samvatsarik Aradhana - The Annual Atonement.

The celebration through which the karmic matter attached to the soul is totally burnt or vanquished (both internally and externally) is known Paryushan i.e., self-purification..

     

Pujyashri Gurudev has restored the lost glory of Paryushan Parva. There was a time when people counted the days till its completion, but now, one waits for its commencement and wishes that it never ends. This is the miracle of the Divine Master.