Vasupujya, the 12th Jain Tirthankara of the current era, is represented by a buffalo. He was a member of the Ikshvaku dynasty and was born in Champapuri to King Vasupujya and Queen Jaya Devi. He was born on the fourteenth day of the Indian calendar month of Falgun Krishna. He maintained his celibacy and never wed. Vasupujya reached Kevala Jnana within one month of Tapasya and Moksha at Champapuri on the fourteenth day of the bright half of the month of Ashadh, Vasupujya is associated with Buffalo.
