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Context Recently, the Prime Minister of India inaugurated the 2550th Bhagwan Mahaveer Nirvan Mahotsav on the auspicious occasion of Mahaveer Jayanti at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. About Mahaveer Jayanti (aka Mahavir Janma Kalyanak) It celebrates the birth of Mahavira, the last Tirthankara and the founder of Jainism. Mahavira was born on the 13th day of […]

In News The year 2024 marks the centenary of the Vaikom Satyagraha. About Vaikom Satyagraha Background: Vaikom was a temple town in the princely state of Travancore. The low-caste Hindus were not allowed to enter the temples.  Ezhava leader T. KMadhavan first raised the issue of temple entry in a 1917 editorial in his paper