Monks and Acharyas
King Dvimukh
राजा द्विमुख · રાજા દ્વિમુખ
The festival pole that everyone worshipped, and where it lay a few days later
- 4 min full story
- 2 min children's telling
- For all ages
- Shvetambar telling
A king who seems to have two faces in his jewelled crown leads a great festival around a towering flag pole. A few days later he sees the same pole again, and his life changes.
What it teaches Impermanence Awakening Renunciation
The opening of the children's telling
Long ago, in the city of Kampilyapur, there lived a king named Jaya. He had a shiny golden crown full of sparkling jewels. When he wore it, his face shone in the jewels, so it looked like he had two faces! So everyone called him King Dvimukh, which means two faces.
Every year there was a big festival. The people put up a very tall pole in the middle of the city. They decorated it with bright flags, pretty flowers and tinkling bells. Everyone sang and danced around it. It was so beautiful! The bells went ting, ting, ting in the wind.
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To carry into the day
What the world admires today it may ignore tomorrow; only the soul does not fall.
To talk about together
What is something you once loved very much that does not matter to you so much now?
Retold for JainStory from the traditional narrative and checked against published Jain sources. Details vary between tellings.