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54: śramana, Vol 64, No. 1, Jan.-Mar. 2013 liberation day called Diwāli are other important festivals. Consecration of a new temple to make it worthy of worshipping is another festival which is celebrated with lot of pomp and show. 2.2 Important Jain Pilgrima places: Jains go to Tīrtha/pilgrim places quiet often, especially the middle aged and the elders and stay at pilgrim places for extended periods of time to acquire more religious knowledge, practice ascetic life and give up worldly activities. Pilgrimage provides them the opportunity to devote full time for spiritual purposes and hence enables them to advance in their path of spiritual purification. There are 210 pilgrim places of Jains in India. The most visited ones are Sammedasikhar, Palitana, Pavapuri, Nakoda, Sri Mahāviraji Tijara, Śankheśvara and Hastinapur.
3.0 Holy recital (mantra) Navakāra :
ņamo arīhantāṇam Obeisance to the perfect beings with body ņamo siddhāņam Obeisance to the liberated souls ņamo āyariyānam Obeisance to the heads of congregation ņamo uvajjhāyānam Obeisance to the holy teachers ņamo loe savvesāhūņam Obeisance to all the holy monks
Following four lines are also made a part of the navakāra mantra by Svetāmbara Jains.
Eso pañca ņamokkāro
This fivefold praise Savve pāpaņāsaņo
Destroys all bad karmas Mangalam'ca savvesis of all the auspicious mantra
it is the holiest Padhamam havai mangalam Reciting it results in
auspicious karmas. 4.0 Accessories used by Jains during religious performances: i. Dresses: It is important that the devotee is clean both externally and internally (tension free mind) to be effective in the rituals. Therefore the devotee takes a bath before the rituals. If the devotee is involved in giving bath to the idol then he is required to wear
