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number of the Jains flock to the place worship Adinath, the presiding God.
Akshaya Tritiya or Baisakh Sudi 3 is also observed in connection with the ist Tirthankar Adinath.
Asharh Sukla Chaturdasi is COASİdered as a day of religious merit. Chatar. masya commences from this day and it is generally observed with fasting by the Jains. Chaturmasya ends on the Kartick Sukla Chaturdashi after four months, as already noted.
