Mahaveer (Vardhaman Mahavir) ki janm ki tithi aur sthan par Jain paramparaon mein thodi bhinnata hoti hai, lekin zyada prachlit kahani yeh hai:

• Janm ki tithi: 599 BCE ke aas-paas. Aksar likha jata hai ki Chaitra maas ki shukla tritiya ya thirddin par janm hua tha (13th day of the bright half of Chaitra).
• Janm sthaan: Kshatriyakundagrama ya Kundalpur (Vaishali ke paas Bihar) ke nikat mandal. Shwetambar aur Digambar dono is baat ko manta hai ki Mahavir Vaishali ki parivaar se the.

• Parivaar: mata Trishala (kuch kahaniyon mein Devananda ya Priyakarini bhi milti hain), pita Siddhartha. Mahavir ne raja parivar chhod kar tapasya ki aur 12 varsh ki tapasya ke baad kevala jñan praapt kiya.

• Nirvaan: 527 BCE (Shvetambar parampara ke anusar). Digambar parampara ke hisaab se nirvana ki tareekh thodi alag hoti hai kuch varsh ki.

Nishkarsh: Jain dharm ki mukhya parampara ke anusar Mahavir ki janm 599 BCE ke aas-paas mana jata hai, Vaishali ke nazdiki Kshatriyakundagrama ya Kundalpur mein. Kuch vishesh granthon ya vyakhyaon mein sthaan aur tithi ki choti-moti bhinnata mil sakti hai, par mool dharma tatva yehi hai ki woh 24th Tirthankar the, unhone ahimsa aur paanch mahavrat ki updesh diya.

Note: agar aap Digambar aur Shwetambar ke beech kisi vishesh sthan ya tithi ki alag vartan ke baare mein chahte hain, main uske bare mein spasht aur sahi arth (arth) ke saath batala sakta hoon.