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Jaipur : India | Oct 17, 2010 at 2:08 PM PDT

By Jyoti Kothari

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Jaipur, India, October 17, 2010

Jaipur, India October 18, 2010

This is the fifth day of Navpad Oli (Ayambil Oli). Jain community worship

"Sadhu" which also means Muni on the fifth day of this nine days' festival.

This is Ashwin Shukla Ekadashi eleventh day of full moon fortnight in the month of Ashwin in Indian lunar calendar, October 18, 2010.

Jainism gives lot of importance to Navpad and Navpad Oli.

adhu: Sadhu is the fifth post in Navpad and placed in the left side of Arihant in Siddhachakra Yantra. He is the third among Guru Tatva. He has leaved house and renunciated. He has devoted himself to theholy path preached by Arihant and disciplined by Acharya. He devotes himself for the noble path that leads to salvation and practices four sacred virtues.

He has five supreme vows i.e. completely abstaining from 1. Violence 2. Lie 3. Stealing 4. Sexual conducts and 5. Possessions of earthly things......

Jain people observe "Ayambil", a typical form of Jain fast during these nine days of Navpad Oli. They will use "Udad" for observing Ayambil today.

Jyoti Kothari is based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, and is a Reporter for Allvoices.

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