Holi (Hindu)
Holi is a festival of colour, light, and spring. It celebrates the love of the god Radha and Krishna. (Wikipedia)
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Ananta-Chaturdashi (Jain, Hindu)
Ananta-Chaturdashi is a festival dedicated to Vishnu that is celebrated by Jains and Hindus. (Wikidpedia)
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Paryushana begins (Jain)
Paryushana is the most important annual holy event for Jains. They increase their level of spiritual intensity often using fasting and prayer/meditation to help. (Wikipedia)
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Mahavir Janma Kalyanak (Jain)
This day is is one of the most important religious festivals in Jainism. It celebrates the birth of Mahavira, the twenty-fourth and last Tirthankara (supreme preacher). (Wikipedia)
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Mahavir Janma Kalyanak (Jain)
This day is is one of the most important religious festivals in Jainism. It celebrates the birth of Mahavira, the twenty-fourth and last Tirthankara (supreme preacher). (Wikipedia)
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Paryushana begins (Jain)
Paryushana is the most important annual holy event for Jains. They increase their level of spiritual intensity often using fasting and prayer/meditation to help. (Wikipedia)
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Guru Purnima (Hindu)
Guru Purnima is a traditional Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain festival celebrating teachers and spiritual mentors ("gurus"), observed on the full moon day (Purnima) in the month of Ashadha (June–July). It honors the "remover of darkness" (guru), marking the birth anniversary of Veda Vyasa and, in yogic tradition, the day Shiva became the first guru.