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Bihar has contributed significally to the cause of religion &
philosophy of which the following pages are focused towards the
former.name that first caomes to our mind in this connectionsis
of Jain Tirthankara Vardhamana of Jain religion & Theology.
According to Jain tradition Vardhamana Mahavira was born at the
lacality called Kundpura in te city of Vaishali in North Bihar.
He lived fro thirty yrs as a householders & then renounced the
world on the death of his parents. During the first twelve years
of his ascetic life. He travelled through various places such as
Nalanda, Rajgriha, Chmpa, Mithila & Pawa etc. Then after obtaining
amniscience, Mahavira visited during the next period of thirty years
of his careers as a Tirthankara a large no. of places including
most of the above localities additionally with Vaishali, Vardhmanapura
etc. While at Rajgriha during the second Srenika of Magadh are said
to have recieved from him. He attained ' Nirvana at Pawa '.
Places associated with the life & preachings of Vardhamana Mahavira
& other Jain Tirthankaras are of great reverence to the Jains.
