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Varsi Tap Parna - Shri Rushabdev
As a monk, Rishabhadev wandered from house to house for thirteen months. People offered him gold and other valuables, not knowing that he would only accept food.
It wasn't until Rishabhadev reached the city of Hastinapur in northern India, at that time King Shreyans
Kumar bowed down and offered Rishabhadev fresh sugarcane juice as Gochari. Since then, the Varsi Tap
(penance) and the corresponding fast breaking ceremony of drinking sugar cane juice during Parna
have been followed.
