WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Mahavira left his home and went to live in a forest when he was thirty years old. He led a hard and lonely life for twelve years, at the end of which he attained enlightenment.

Detailed explanation-2: -At the age of 30, after (according to the Shvetambara sect) marrying a woman of the Kshatriya caste and having a daughter, Mahavira renounced the world and became a monk.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vardhaman Mahavira left his home in pursuit of spiritual awakening and adopted ascetic life at the age of 30. He wandered for about 12 years and practiced severe austerities and eventually attained kevalajnana (enlightenment) at the age of 42 outside the town of Jrimbhikagrama on the banks of Rijupalika river.