Diwali is an important festival in Jainism. For the Jain community, the festival commemorates the enlightenment and liberation (moksha) of Mahavira, the most recent of the Jain Tirthankaras, from the cycle of life and death (samsara). For Jains, the lighting lamps during the festival symbolizes the enduring the light of Mahavira’s holy knowledge.
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