For Jains, the two-day event is about the moment Jainism founder Lord Mahavira reached a state of being known as Moksha, or eternal bliss. "Diwali is not celebrated as eating, drinking ...

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Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs have their own Diwali stories: Jains observe Diwali as the day the Lord Mahavira, the last of the great teachers, attained nirvana, which is liberation from the cycle of ...

Mahavira’s Nirvana: For the Jain community, Diwali holds special significance as the day Lord Mahavira attained Nirvana, or ...

Therefore, option (d) is the correct answer. — The underlying concept of the Jainas existed in north India prior to the birth of Vardhamana, also known as Mahavira, in the sixth century BCE. According ...