Shramana Bhagwan Mahavir was the last Tirthankar in the Avasarpini phase
or the phase of decline. He was a contemporary of Gautam Buddha, Lao-Tse,
Confucius, Socrates, etc. Bhagwan Mahavir was born on Monday the 13th day
of the Shukla -the bright fortnight of Chaitra according to the Indian
Calendar that is on the 30th of March 599 B. C. at Kshatriyakunda (in
Bihar). He was born as Vardhman Kumar to King Siddhartha and Queen
Trishala. When he was 30 years of age, he renounced his worldly life and
assumed the life of Sädhanä or spiritual endeavour on Mondav the 10th day
of Krishna Paksha the black fortnight of Kartik according to the Indian
Calendar that is on 19th December 569 B.C. He performed a severe and
austere penance for twelve and a half years and then on Sunday, the 10th
day of Shukla of Vaishäkh that is 13th April 558 B.C., he attained
Kevaljnan or absolute enlightenment. He preached his first message on the
11th day of Shukla Paksha of Vaishakh and showed the multidimensional path
for the attainment of selfpurification and selfperfection. The same path
shown by him is followed today. On Tuesday, the new Moon day in Kartik,
i.e , on the 15th October 528 B.C. Lord Mahavir attained salvation, Moksha
and his life ended with his attainment of absolute deliverance.
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