Jain Flag

Facts about the Flag of Jain Flag

1. The five bands correspond to the five vows of Jain practice, and the swastika in the centre is an ancient Indian symbol of wellbeing that long predates its twentieth-century European misuse.
2. The three dots above the swastika stand for right belief, right knowledge and right conduct.
3. The flag of Jainism, one of the oldest religious traditions of India.
4. The flag belongs to Jainism. It is used in principally India.
5. It is flown at Jain temples and during Paryushana.
6. Construction: Five horizontal bands with a swastika symbol.
7. It is normally drawn to a ratio of 2:3, which makes it rectangular.
8. The flag uses 5 colours: white, saffron, green, red and black.
9. The white stands for the souls that have attained liberation.
10. The saffron stands for the ascetics.
11. The green stands for the teachers of the faith.
12. The red stands for the liberated souls.
13. Five colours: The five vows of Jainism and the five ranks of holy beings.
14. Ancient swastika: A symbol of wellbeing used in Indian religions for millennia, unrelated to its 20th-century misuse.
15. The five colours stand for the five supreme beings, and the swastika below them is an ancient symbol of well-being that long predates its twentieth-century misuse.
16. It is filed here under Religious Flags, one of the categories of flag that belong to no country.