Rajgriha (Nalanda/Bihar) :- Acharya Mahavir Kirti Digambar Jain Shrutpanchami Mahaparv was celebrated on Saturday in Saraswati Bhavan. On this occasion, worship of Dev Shastra Guru by worshiping Shastra and Vagdevi, Shrutapanchami fasting worship, followed by Samuchaya Chaubisi worship, Jinvani Mata aarti was performed. The Shrutaskandha Yantra came to Rajgriha at the time of Panch Kalyanak Pratishthan at Sammedshikhar ji pilgrimage under the blessings of Muni Shri 108 Arijit Sagar Ji Maharaj, the most influential disciple of Acharya Vishuddha Sagar Ji Maharaj, which was carried out with full rituals on the auspicious occasion of Shrutpanchami festival at Saraswati Bhawan, Rajgir. It has been placed in the Jinwani temple. After the installation of Shrutaskandha Yantra, all the devotees chanted Jinvani Mata and Jalabhishek of the yantra was done and before that the 20th Tirthankar Lord Munisuvratnath Swami's feet were consecrated, worshiped and the idol of Acharya Mahavirkirti Maharaj was worshipped and after the aarti, Vagdevi was worshipped. Worshiped. Shrutpanchami festival was worshiped by wrapping Maa Jinvani in a new Weston and decorating it in a beautiful way.

Shrutpanchami festival has been given special importance in Jainism...

Shrutpanchami Mahaparva is given special importance in Jainism. On this day the first scripture of Jain tradition was written, so this great festival is organized with gaiety all over the world, procession of scriptures is taken out from place to place, special worship of scriptures is done. Plans for publication of unpublished ancient texts are implemented.

Shruta tradition was started after Lord Mahavir Swami...

The Shruta tradition of Dwadshang speech of Tirthankara Lord Mahavira continued orally for 683 years after his Nirvana. There was no Jain literature available from the point of view of the first Dravyashruta of Lord Mahavira. But the pre-existing knowledge store of Lord Mahavir was given the name of the East in the Shramana tradition and the last knower of all the East was Shrutkevali Bhadrabahu. Prior to this, it was kept alive by the Acharyas. The Tirthankars only preached and their Ganadhars take it and explain it to everyone. The speech that came out of his mouth for public welfare was very simple and in Prakrit language, which was spoken at that time.
If there was no Shrut, today ignorance would be ignorance everywhere. It was on this day that the work of keeping Jinavani safe for thousands of years was done. Jains celebrate Shrutapanchami as the birthday of Jinavani.
All Jain religious and Jain society were present on this occasion.

Ravi Kumar Jain - Rajgir