INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mahavira, the last Tirthankar of Jainism, was born in Kundupur near Vaishali. The father of Mahavira was King Siddartha and his mother Trishala was the sister of King Chetaka of Vaishali. Since the wealth of his father’s kingdom had increased during the pregnancy, the child was called Vardhaman.

Detailed explanation-2: -It falls in March or April of the Gregorian calendar, and is celebrated by Jains as Mahavir Janma Kalyanak. Kshatriyakund (the place of Mahavira’s birth) is traditionally believed to be near Vaishali, an ancient town on the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mahavira was born in 540 B.C in a village called Kundgrama near Vaishali in Bihar. Mahavira was the 24th and last Tirthankar and it was he who made Jainism a separate religion.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vardhamana Mahavira was born at Kundagrama near Vaishali in Bihar. His father, Siddharth was the head of “Jantrika clan” of Kshatriyas. His mother, Trishala belonged to Lichchhavi tribe.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lord Mahavira. Mahavir was born to King Siddhartha of Kundagrama and Queen Trishala, a Lichchhavi princess in the year 540 BC in the Vajji kingdom, identical with modern day Vaishali in Bihar. Mahavira belonged to the Ikshvaku dynasty.