Samajh mein aaye: Jain dharm mein 24 Tirthankar hote hain. Inki pooja ya vandan sabhi Tirthankaro ki sammanit shraddha ke roop mein ki jati hai. Koi ek Tirthankar “ban” ya rok laga kar alag se pooja ke liye nahi banaya jata — sabhi Tirthankaro ki ijjat ki jaati hai, aur unmein se kisi ek ko ishta (apna vishesh bhakti) banaya ja sakta hai.

Mudda samjhaane ke liye kuch saral baatein:

• Poore Jain samudaay ki mool dharma ‘guru’ ki shraddha ke roop mein Tirthankaro ki aradhana hoti hai. Iska uddeshya moksh ki or agrasar hona, madad ki prapti nahi, balki atma ki shuddhi aur vivek badhana hota hai.
• Digambar aur Shwetambar dono mein prathna-puja ki mool soch ek hi hai, lekin vidhi-vyavastha (riyam) mein thodi bhinnataen hoti hain.
• Aksar log apne liye ya parivaar ke liye kisi ek Tirthankar ko “ishta” bana kar unki pratima ke samne bhakti aur jap-aaradhana karte hain, ya sabhi Tirthankaro ki puja ki jati hai.

Agar aap chahen to batayein ki aapka parichay kis tradition (Digambar ya Shwetambar) se hai, ya aap kis Tirthankar ki pooja ke baare mein jankari chahte hain (jaise Adinath, Mahavira, Ajitnath, etc.). Main us tradition ke mutabik spasht arth (arth) aur srot ke saath seedha samjha doonga.