Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda, who is also an avid animal lover, launched theHappy Animal Project, which, apart from other initiatives, includes the setting up of a stateof-the- art hospital meant for the treatment and well-being of stray animals. The hospital has the backing of the Pune Royal Group, an organization of the Jain community in Pune, [...]
They wear Indian traditional clothes, don tilaks and can also recite the Navkar mantra - when a group of such Japanese nationals visited Gachchanath Manoharpritisurishwar Maharaj at Paldi, other devotees were left stunned. However, for the 'devotees' from Japan, it was nothing out of the ordinary, as they have adopted a number of Jain practices over [...]
Founder of Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muni addressing the Save Ganga and Save Himalayas Meeting-cum-Panel Discussion at Gandhi Darsan, Rajghat on the occasion of the 86th Anniversary of Gandhiji's Dandi March said that Ganga symbolizes all rivers and water bodies. Giriraj Himalaya symbolizes all mountains, forests, and wildlife; Gandhi symbolizes a culture of Truth [...]
Expressing deep anguish over the demolition of a Jain temple in Lahore, Jain Acharya, Dr. Lokesh Muni, has asked the Indian government to intervene in the matter and get it reinstated. A delegation of Jain monks, led by Acharya Lokesh Muni, met BJP President Amit Shah and discussed future course of action after Pakistan's Punjab government demolished the [...]
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 [...]