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- A Kalpadruma Mahabhisheka ceremony for the 24 Tirthankaras was performed with grandeur at the Chudamani Bhandara Basadi in Shravanabelagola on Wednesday.
- The ceremony was held under the guidance of the seer Swasti Shri Abhinava Charukirti Bhattarak Swamiji as part of the Dashalakshana Maha Parva during Chaturmasya.
- Twenty-four devotees wearing white crowns performed the water ablution simultaneously using 24 silver kalashas, followed by offerings of coconut water, sugarcane milk, turmeric, sandalwood and other sacred substances.
- Girls from the Kanyashram performed chamar service and dance during each ablution, and religious discourses on the virtue of forgiveness were held in the Hulla Sabha Mantapa.
- The event matters because it brought together monks, nuns, scholars and Jain community members for a major ritual in one of Jainism's most important pilgrimage centres.
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- Further ceremonies of the Dashalakshana Maha Parva during the ongoing Chaturmasya at Shravanabelagola.
- Participation of the pontiff, ascetics and devotees in the remaining rituals of the festival period.
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