Samvatsari is a festival celebrated by the Jain community, mainly the Shwetambara sect.<\/p>\n
It is the last day of an eight-day observance of prayers known as Paryushana Parva or Paryushana.<\/p>\n
It falls on Shukla Panchami every year in the Jain calendar month of Bhadrapada.<\/p>\n
Samvatsari is also regarded as the Day of Forgiveness.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"