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 [...]