Last October, almost three months ago now, roughly 10,000 people from over 70 countries and 30 religious and spiritual traditions attended the sixth Parliament of the World’s Religions in Salt Lake City, Utah - a five-day interfaith conference including 7 plenaries and over 1,000 smaller workshops and panels. The Parliament, founded in 1893 in Chicago, is [...]

Can a legislative chamber be used for purposes other than the sittings of the House? Does the chamber have a certain sanctity, as the seat of the highest representative body in the state, which is inviolable? These questions have arisen in the backdrop of a meeting of the Haryana assembly, which was addressed by Jain religious [...]

AHMEDABAD: Gaela Dennison-Leonard is a star student at Hamilton College, New York. She decided to learn about Jainism in the city. She has now adopted the practices of the religion and also intends to undertake the traditional fast during Samvatsari.According to the Hamilton College website, Gaela is a Thomas J. Watson Fellow for 2016-17 and has [...]

A Jain temple in Sector 4, Gurgaon was robbed in the early hours. The robbery of cash and silver ornaments worth lakhs was captured in its entirety on a CCTV camera installed inside the temple premises. A FIR has been registered at Sector 5 police station and cops are trying to identify the thieves by studying [...]

Jain Sadhvi Chandan Prabha, will become Maha Mandleshwar of Juna akhara during the upcoming Simhastha mela. It will be the first time a Jain Sadhvi will be given the title of Maha Mandleshwar by a Sanyasi Akhara. Sadhwi Prabha took blessings of Acharya Pithadhish of Juna Akhara Swami Avadheshananda Giri. Upon her arrival, the sanyasis changed [...]

A 62-year-old Jain Sadhvi was killed and five others were injured as a speeding truck hit them on Mumbai-Kolkata NH-53 in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district. Sadhvi Smriti Pragya, who was wheelchair-bound, was heading towards Jharkhand from Mumbai along with other Sadhvis and her followers when the incident took place in Chhachhan Pahadi area under Tumgaon police station [...]

NASHIK: A 108-feet tall idol of Lord Rishabhdeva, the first Tirthankara of Jains, carved out of a single rock, has entered the "Guinness World Records" as the world's tallest Jain statue. The impressive statue is located atop Mangi Tungi mountain near Teharabad village of Baglan tehsil in this North Maharashtra district. The idol was consecrated last [...]