Pune, April 10 -- People from 200 locations across the globe joined the Navkar Mahamantra Diwas to promote world peace and harmony, Jain International Trade Organisation (JITO) president Vijay Bhandari said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Navakar Mahamantra Diwas on Wednesday (a day before Mahavir Jayanti on April 10) at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.

"Navkar Mahamantra Divas was for world peace and harmony. Navkar Mahamantra is a 'maha mantra' like the Gayatri mantra. People from across the country and 200 locations in the world joined this program during which Navkar Mahamantra was chanted yesterday."," Bhandari said on PM Modi attending the Navkar Mahamantra Diwas.

The Navkar Mantra is central to Jain prayers....