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Mahavir Janma Kalyanak is one of the most important religious festivals in Jainism. It celebrates the birth of Mahavira, the twenty-fourth and last Tirthankara (supreme preacher) of present Avasarpiṇī. [a] On the Gregorian calendar, the holiday occurs either in March or April.
Mahavira was born in the early 6th century BCE to a royal Jain family of ancient India. His mother's name was Trishala and his father's name was Siddhartha. They were lay devotees of Parshvanatha. Mahavira abandoned all worldly possessions at the age of about 30 and left home in pursuit of spiritual awakening, becoming an ascetic.
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
Jana Gana Mana (Bengali: জন গণ মন lit.'[Ruler of] the minds of the people') is the national anthem of the Republic of India. It was originally composed as " Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata " in Bengali by polymath Rabindranath Tagore [ 1 ][ 2 ] on 11 December 1911. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] The first stanza of the song Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata was ...
Parshvanatha did not require celibacy, [90] and allowed monks to wear simple outer garments. [85] [91] Śvētāmbara texts such as section 2.15 of the Ācārāṅga Sūtra say that Mahavira's parents were followers of Parshvanatha, [92] linking Mahavira to a preexisting theology as a reformer of Jain mendicant tradition.
Alternative cover. 2001 re-release cover. " The Star Spangled Banner " is a charity single recorded by American singer Whitney Houston to raise funds for soldiers and families of those involved in the Persian Gulf War. Written by Francis Scott Key and John Stafford Smith, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States.
The new national anthem was selected from a total of 1,272 submissions made from across the country. It was officially approved on 20 April 2007. [7] On 3 August 2007, "Sayaun Thunga Phulka" was officially declared as Nepal's national anthem by the House of Representatives. The anthem's range is of an octave; having a nadir and apex of D.
Stephen Colbert and Maren Morris might need to take their act on the road! On Tuesday night's The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, the 34-year-old country singer was a guest for the first time.