paryushan 2022 paryushan is one of the most important festival of jainism this festival is celebrated by all shwetambar and digambar jain community people all around the world this year jain paryushan festival is starting from today in the month of bhadrapad ie 24th august and it will conclude on 1st september 2022 people from digambar community will observe this festival from 31st august 2022paryushan is the festival of forgiveness and compassion shwetambar jain people observe this festival for eighth days while digambar jain people observe this festival for ten days the ultimate goal of this festival is to attain salvation and follow the right path even nuns and monks also encourage people to follow the path of spirituality jain people utilise this time to enhance their inner personality to become a better person they involve themselves in meditation and purification of the body as well as soul people observe fast during these days and it is believed that it purifies the body and helps them to get unattached to the worldly pleasures and make them focused and determinedroutine during paryushan 20221 people involve themselves in daily meditation and prayers2 attend daily vyakhyans or speech delivered by nuns or monks3 they drink only boiled water and eat their meal before sunset4 they avoid eating green vegetable during this festival and eat very simple satvik food5 they follow nonviolence and peace and learn to control over their anger6 people practice pratikraman and it is the main ritual when they seek forgiveness for their sins which they may have committed knowingly or unknowingly in their daily life7 after pratikraman 2 and half hour of meditation people say micchhami dukkadam which means to seek forgiveness for any wrong deed heshe may have committed consciously or unconsciously8 people end this festival with samvatsari where people gather and celebrate with each otherimportance of paryushan 20221 this festival brings positivity energy good habit and removes negativity from life2 jain devotees follow the basic vows like right path right knowledge and right faith3 jain devotees emphasize on penance for these eight days4 people practice forgiveness and calmness and stay away from all the bad habits or addictionseight days pooja details of paryushan 202224 august 2022 the body composition of the lord25 august 2022 potha jis varghoda will be taken out26 august 2022 kalpasutra pravachan27 august 2022 birthday reading festival of mahavira swami28 august 2022 the program of prabhus school work29 august 2022 kalpasutra reading30 august 2022 programs like barsa sutra darshan discourse chaitya tradition samvatsari pratikraman etc will take place31 august 2022 collective forgiveness will take place where one repents for the entire years sins1 september 2022 samvatsari day celebration this festival will end on this day