Bhagwan Mahavir Janma Bhoomi, Basokund
Jain temple · Bhagwan Mahavira (24th Tirthankara) · Basokund, Vaishali, Bihar
Jains come to the birthplace of Mahavira; it is one of the principal Jain tirthas of Bihar
The site held by most Jains, and by Bihar's tourism bodies, to be the birthplace of Vardhamana Mahavira, born here in the 6th century BCE into the Jnatrika clan; tradition says he spent his first twenty-two years here. A Janma Smarak (birth memorial) and Jain temple stand at the spot. Bihar Tourism also lists a "Jain Mandir" at Vaishali, which it describes as the Bawan Pokhar Jain temple and links to Mahavira's birth.
Plan your visit
- Area
- Vaishali
- Status
- Coming Soon
Festivals
- Mahavir Janma Kalyanak / Mahavir Jayanti (March–April)
Yatras that include Bhagwan Mahavir Janma Bhoomi
- Jain Yatra: Basokund, near Vaishali, the third claim on his birth.
Tirtham can arrange here
Guide, car and stay around Vaishali
Also around Vaishali
- Sattu sharbat in summer: What Bihar drinks against the heat: roasted gram, water, lemon and salt, sold from carts on every corner.
- Vaishali archaeological museum: What was dug out of the city where the Buddha preached and Mahavira was born.
- Vaishali Mahotsav: The district's festival for Mahavira's birth, held in the town where he was born.
- Shahi litchi season: For five weeks each summer Muzaffarpur sells the litchi India knows it by, GI-registered in 2018.
- Lac bangles of Muzaffarpur: The lac bangles the district itself names as the town's craft.
- The Kartik Purnima fair at Sonepur: Asia's largest livestock fair, at the meeting of the Ganga and the Gandak, from Kartik Purnima.
Nearby places
- Vaishali: An early republic, sacred to Buddhists and Jains
- Ashokan Pillar, Kolhua: Kolhua is where the Buddha stayed repeatedly and is held to be where he gave his last sermon and...
- Abhishek Pushkarni: Pilgrims visit it as a holy bathing tank of the Lichchhavis, tied both to the Buddha's stay at Kolhua...
- Bawan Pokhar Temple: It is the principal Hindu shrine within the Vaishali archaeological complex, visited alongside the...
- Chaumukhi Mahadev: Devotees come to worship the four-faced Shivling, an unusual form not found elsewhere in the district
- Ramchaura Mandir: Devotees come for darshan of the footprints of Rama at a stop on his journey to Janakpur
- Kaunhara Ghat: Pilgrims bathe and pray at the confluence, especially on full-moon days
- Budhi Mai Temple: Local and regional devotees come to the goddess Budhi Mai, chiefly at the time of her mela
Questions pilgrims ask
Why is Bhagwan Mahavir Janma Bhoomi important?
The site held by most Jains, and by Bihar's tourism bodies, to be the birthplace of Vardhamana Mahavira, born here in the 6th century BCE into the Jnatrika clan; tradition says he spent his first twenty-two years here. A Janma Smarak (birth memorial) and Jain temple stand at the spot. Bihar Tourism also lists a "Jain Mandir" at Vaishali, which it describes as the Bawan Pokhar Jain temple and links to Mahavira's birth.
Which festivals are celebrated at Bhagwan Mahavir Janma Bhoomi?
Mahavir Janma Kalyanak / Mahavir Jayanti (March–April).
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