Paryushan Parva : Why, When and How is it Celebrated

Paryushan Parva is one of the most important festivals for the whole Jain community living across the globe. Thus, it is also known as Parva Dhiraj. 

We can easily understand the word Paryushan by breaking it into two parts: Pary means all kinds and ushan means to burn; Overall it means to burn all the karmas and attain enlightenment and get freed from the cycle of life and death.Paryushan parva is an 8 day Jain festival. Amongst these, day 5th and day 8th hold a special celebration.

Why is Paryushan celebrated?
Paryushan is basically a spiritual festival which is celebrated to bring spiritual awareness and awakening. Paryushan stands for some of the most important practices like:
  • Nonviolence (Ahimsa)
  • Engaging in self-discipline (Sanyam)
  • Partial or complete fasting Penance (Tapah)
  • Study of Scriptures (Swadhyaya)
  • Introspection (Pratikraman)
  • Repentance (Prayaschitta)
When is paryushan celebrated?
Every year this festival of Paryushan starts on Shravan Vad 12th or 13th and ends on Bhadarva sud 4th or 5th (late August – September). This year it's celebrated from August 15, 2020 to August 22, 2020.

How is Paryushan Celebrated?
During Paryushan, Jains study religious books and scriptures which are based on principles of Jainism. Pratikraman, is also performed post the sunset during the festival. Once Pratikaman is performed, one cannot eat or dink anything.

During the Paryushan days, below mentioned are the five essential things Jains try and observe:

- Most of the Jains done eat any fruit and vegetables during these 8 days and have their dinner before sunset. It's called choviyar.

- Jain do Pooja of the idol in the morning and in evening the God's Idol is decorated which is called as Aangi. People specially visit temple post Pratikaman to feel the beauty of Lord.

- On the 5th day of Prayushan, Mahavir Janam is celebrated. Usually, Mahavir Jayanti falls in the month of April, however it is celebrated during Paryushan mainly because of festival mood and to celebrate the 14 dreams. On this day, mother of Mahavir, Trishala Mata had got 14 dreams while she was pregnant with lord Mahavir. Mahavir is the 24th Tirthankar of Jains.

-Kshamapana is one of the most significant part of Paryushan, which is performed on the 8th day. Kshamapana means forgiveness. It involves asking for forgiveness from all the people whom we may have hurt in the past or present life. It also includes forgiving those who have hurt us and forgive them for their shortcomings and weaknesses.


-Samvatsari is the last day of this festival, and it is the most important of all. Most Jains try to have a fast and get together to perform the Pratikraman. This is also the day where everyone asks to ‘Forgive and Forget’ – Tass Michchhami Dukkadam.

Paryushan is not just a festival to rejoice and celebrate; instead, it is a ‘parva’ in which all Jains try to discipline themselves. 

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