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Festivals - 3
Nav Pad Ol One does Ayambil twice a year for 9 days starting from the 6th/7th day on the bright fortnight
until the full moon day in Ashvin and Chaitra months. People eat restricted food and avoid fatty, fried, spicy and green vegetables. Some people use only one type of grain.
NAVPAD
Akshay Critipa - Varsi Cap Parna
This falls on the 3rd day of the bright fortnight of Vaishakh. Bhagawan Rushabhdev had Parna on this day after completion of austerity - fasting for 13 months. Even now, many people perform the austerity of Varsi Tap - fasting on alternate days for 13 months
and then break the fast by having sugarcane juice on this day.
Adinath Varsitap Parna
