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Shri Mahavir Jan Arahang Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kalassagarsun Gyarmande
BCE. Mahavira had lived as a householder up to the age of thirty, then for twelve years he had wandered, hidden from the world, as he sought true knowledge. At the age of forty-two he had achieved enlighten ment, and for twenty-nine vears and five months he had preached his message of peace and love. Now his mission was fulfilled, and his life came to an end.
Slowly the dazzling light surrounding his body faded. The kings present, seeing that he had passed away, lit thousands of lamps and placed them round his body in row upon row. They brought sandalwood and built a tall funeral pyre. After bathing his body in milk, anointing it with sandalwood paste, covering it with fine cloth and decorating it with jewels, they placed it upon the great pyre. Surrounded by the gods, they watched as his body was consumed by flames.
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