Samvatsari is a festival celebrated by the Jain community, mainly the Shwetambara sect.
It is the last day of an eight-day observance
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of prayers known as Paryushana Parva or Paryushana.
It falls on Shukla Panchami every year in the Jain calendar month of Bhadrapada.
Samvatsari is also regarded as the Day of Forgiveness.
On this day, people are looking for forgiveness from others for wrongs done knowingly or unknowingly. To seek forgiveness from others, people will say the words Michhami Dukkadam