What Is Panch Kalyanak Pratishtha Mahotsav, A Major Jain Festival In Madhya Pradesh?

Panch Kalyanak Pratishtha Mahotsav is a festival of great importance for the Jain community. The festival is usually celebrated for six to eight days and consecrates one or more Jain Tirthankara icons with the celebration of Panch Kalyanaka, the five chief auspicious events that occur in the life of Tirthankara in Jainism. Scroll on to know more about this.

What Is Panch Kalyanak Pratishtha Mahotsav?

According to Shree Simandharswami Digambar Jin Mandir, the Panchkalyanak Pratishtha festival is one of the most important occasions for the Jain community. Thousands of people come together to celebrate this occasion that lasts for up to a week. During this celebration, stone and metal statues of Tirthankars are brought as only idols until the ‘pratishtha’ is carried out. After this, each idol becomes a worshippable murti of Tirthankar.

The festival is celebrated with full gusto in the village of Oon in Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh. This place is renowned as the site of four great Jain monks, and as the place where Lord Mahavir Swami manifested. During Panch Kalyanak Pratishtha Mahotsav, more than 50,000 devotees are expected to arrive from across the world at Khargone. Devotees pray for ‘Moksha’ during this Mahotsav. It is believed that while praying during the festivities, an ‘Atma’ becomes ‘Parmatma’ and shows mortals the process of attaining eternal bliss.

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All About This Grand Celebration

This year, Panch Kalyanak Pratistha Mahotsav will be celebrated from April 7 to 12. A grand event will be held in Khargone and according to Patrika News, Acharya Vishuddhasagar Ji Maharaj and his disciples will also be present at the event.

The celebration will also witness the presence of over 70 saints and dignitaries. The managing committee of the event has set up more than 100 air-conditioned temporary cottages for the devotees as well. Also, a special temple for the installation of 1008 statues in the main Muni Subhatnath Bhagwan and Chaubisi temple, Sahasrakut Jinalaya, and the statues of 101 sons of Adinath Bharat are complete at the site. The ‘Pratishtha Ceremony’ will be conducted under the guidance of Pratishthacharya Brahmachari Pandit Dharmchandra Shastri from Delhi.

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