tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843637059416720592012-01-11T02:19:24.349+05:30Jain NewsThis is a place to get latest news about Jains, Jainism and related issues. This includes religious, academic and soicial news. You will see latest news on top, and an archive too.Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2851100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-50663759715170887772011-12-08T04:30:00.001+05:302011-12-08T04:33:17.504+05:30Jains visit Vatican for talksThe Vatican and the highest international institution of Jainism met for the second time Tuesday in Rome to discuss common ground, focusing particularly on the Jain principle of non-violence. The meeting between a delegation of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID), led by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, and 14 Jain delegates led by the deputy chairman of the London-based Mahavir Sanglikarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-33296780230516313882011-12-06T01:57:00.004+05:302011-12-06T15:33:51.074+05:30Child Diksha Issue in High CourtRosy Sequeira, TNN Nov 30, 2011 TOIMUMBAI: Right to childhood conflicts with right to religion, observed the Bombay High Court on Monday while hearing petitions saying child diksha or renunciation is a practice integral to Jainism.A division bench of Justice P B Majmudar and Justice Mridula Bhatkar was hearing a petition filed by Ashok Bagricha and others challenging the jurisdiction of theMahavir Sanglikarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-13510991673799155402011-11-23T00:19:00.000+05:302011-11-23T00:19:22.116+05:30Christians and Jains Need to Join Hands Together: Cardinal TauranChristians and Jains need to join hands together to preserve and promote life with dignity and freedom, said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of Pontifical Council for inter-religious dialogue.
He was speaking at an inter-religious seminar in New Delhi on November 13 that highlighted the similarities between the two communities.
“Christians and Jains have many things in common. As Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-52351479457855855112011-10-31T00:24:00.004+05:302011-10-31T15:06:56.341+05:30Launch of Jain Studies program at Virginia Commonwealth University In Richmond, VAFriends, Jai Jinendra For several years, we have been working with Virginia Commonwealth University ( VCU) in Richmond, VA to introduce regular Jain Studies program at VCU. During the last 2 years, VCU has had offered lectures on Jainism, four ( 3 students and one Professor) went to International Summer School for Jain Studies in India this year, and last month, Dr. Shugan Jain from ISJSMahavir Sanglikarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-72096757807861073072011-05-23T18:04:00.002+05:302011-05-23T18:10:56.265+05:30Moodbidri Thousand-pillar Basadi: Alarm over Crash of Ceiling SlabMoodbidri, Mar 1: Is crass commercialism getting the better of our heritage? There is yet another sign of our history crumbling under the pressure of modernization. This temple-town, known as Jain Kashi, draws hundreds of pilgrims from all over India and abroad every day. The Jain community woke up to an alarming story the other day. A ceiling slab on the right hand side of the Bhairadevi Mahavir Sanglikarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-70574389936443690032011-05-23T17:57:00.001+05:302011-05-23T18:00:11.158+05:30Moodbidri: Rs 35-crore Plan to Develop Thousand-pillar BasadiMangalore / Moodbidri, May 12: District tourism development committee president and deputy commissioner Subodh Yadav has announced that a comprehensive plan for the conservation and development of the renowned Tribhuvan Tilak Choodamani Chaityalaya, commonly known as the Thousand-pillar Basadi in the temple town of Moodbidri, has been submitted to the government. The architectural marvel Mahavir Sanglikarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-61036985162303860592011-05-12T22:04:00.000+05:302011-05-14T02:06:52.823+05:30Newspaper agent’s son Lalit Jain bags 41st rank in IAS
Chandigarh: It was now or never for 28-year-old Lalit Jain, who, despite three unsuccessful UPSC attempts, did not lose patience. Braving the challenges of life, Lalit stood 41st in the country's most prestigious examination. It was a tough choice for this law graduate to make — dedicate precious years of his life to an uncertain destination.
Speaking to TOI, Lalit said being in his late Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-54517061100858182502011-04-19T15:45:00.001+05:302011-04-19T15:45:34.608+05:30Mahavir Ahimsa award to Dr. SudarshanMysore, Apr. 17 (HT&DM)- Padma Shri Dr. H. Sudarshan, Hon. Secretary, Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra who has also won the Right Livelihood award was conferred the Mahavir Ahimsa award by the Mahavir Seva Samsthan during the Bhagavan Mahavir Jayanti celebrations held at M.L. Vardhamanaiah Memorial Hall on Chadragupta Road in city yesterday.
Kanakagiri Jain Mutt`s Sri Bhuvanakeerthi Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-57902731978235608272011-04-17T16:22:00.000+05:302011-04-17T16:22:10.024+05:30Mahavir Jayanti Celebrated in Bangalore
BANGALORE: Messages of non-violence and virtue reverberated in the air even as the city was painted in riotous colours marking Mahaveer Jayanti.
The 2610th birth anniversary of the last Tirthankara saw thousands take part in celebrations across the city. Organized by various Jain organizations, colourful processions, meetings and religious discourses marked the day. Speakers lauded the "Ahimsa Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-46853018505653941552011-04-15T16:10:00.001+05:302011-04-15T16:14:15.096+05:30President, Vice President, Prime Minister Greet on Mahavir JayantiPTI
President of India’s Greetings on the Occasion of Mahavir Jayanti
The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil in her message on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, which is being celebrated tomorrow has said: -
“On the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, I extend my greetings and good wishes to all my fellow citizens.
May Lord Mahavir’s noble teachings inspire us to strive for love, peaceMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-72175143945015112332011-04-06T23:22:00.004+05:302011-04-06T23:28:56.666+05:30Fake Jain Brides on RiseBy: Imran GowharBangaloreWhat seemed to be a marriage made in heaven, turned out to be a shocker for a recently wedded man, as he was taken for a ride by a marriage bureau that had more to it than meets the eye. Jeetesh (26), married Divya (20), in March through a community marriage bureau. All was well until recently, Chagan Lal, Jeetesh's father noticed scars of a cesarean section on Mahavir Sanglikarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-3804444344164433872011-03-28T19:03:00.001+05:302011-03-28T19:04:57.712+05:30Parkrit Workshop at Bahubali, KolhapurA two day state level workshop on Prakrit Literature and Grammar has been arranged at Bahubali, a Jain pilgrimage center in the district of Kolhapur in Maharashtra, on 2nd and 3rd April 2011. This workshop is jointly arranged by Jain Chair, Shivaji University, Anekant Shodhpeeth.and Bahubali Vidyapeeth.
The chief guest at the inauguration is Dr. N. J. Pawar, Vice Chanceller of Shivaji UniversityMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-71088100831401599912011-03-27T20:53:00.000+05:302011-03-27T20:53:01.711+05:30No alcohol, meat served at halls named after saints: MCDThe Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to strictly enforce the ban on alcohol as well as non-vegetarian delicacies at weddings and functions held in halls named after religious leaders, or are located inside the temple premises.
The first place it will crack down on is the Mahavir Vatika Community Hall, located in Daryaganj, where the ban on meat and drinks is said to be violated Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-42783077557390736112011-03-26T18:03:00.001+05:302011-03-26T18:08:04.918+05:30If you have more like Ajit Jain, send them over to me: Warren Buffet to India PM
NEW DELHI: Warren Buffett preferred to play second fiddle to his associate Ajit Jain when the duo called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday.
"Shareholders in my company have more faith in him than in me. I am just a name," the Oracle from Omaha told the PM. "If you have more like him send them over to me," Buffet said. The 10-minute interaction also brought out Buffet's faith in IITs asMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-30203309472520582212011-03-26T17:37:00.002+05:302011-03-26T17:37:58.558+05:30L C Jain''s family declines Padma VibhushanNew Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) The family of noted Gandhian L C Jain has declined to accept the Padma Vibhushan, the country's second highest civilian honour for which he was chosen posthumously. Jain, known as a fierce opponent of "overwhelming" state control, was selected for the coveted award this year posthumously. Sources said Jain's family members and several NGOs said the late Gandhian was Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-462127259964730642011-03-22T21:10:00.000+05:302011-03-22T21:10:02.092+05:30Common entrance test for UP Minority Educational InstitutionsLucknow: In a first perhaps, and laudable trend-setting move, eight recognized minority educational institutions in Uttar Pradesh have joined hand to conduct a Common Entrance Examination (CEE) for admission of minority category students in several professional courses at these institutions.
The institutions that have been granted minority status by the National Commission for Minority Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-20029898644481583612011-03-22T21:05:00.000+05:302011-03-22T21:05:41.751+05:30Central Government finding solution for Minority StatusPTI
On demands for inclusion of Jains in the notified list of national minorities, Central Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that the government was trying to find a solution to it and the Attorney General will be looking at the ways available before the government as the Centre's role is restricted in the matter in view of a Supreme Court ruling.
Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-70381168697578418642011-03-22T20:54:00.000+05:302011-03-22T20:54:32.777+05:30Jain College Wins Minority Case in HaryanaINVC,,Chandigarh, A Division Bench of the Punjab & Haryana High Court has upheld that since the Jain Community is a minority community in Haryana, therefore the Haryana Government cannot interfere in the internal working of the educational institutions run by it even if these institutions receive 95% grant-in-aid from the government. While dismissing an appeal filed by the Haryana Government, Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-83067486188522255842011-03-10T19:11:00.000+05:302011-03-10T19:11:43.029+05:30Andhra Pradesh: Jains Get Minority StatusMarch 8: The state government declared on Monday that along with Muslims and Christians, Jains too will be considered as religious minorities in the state hereafter.
This means that the Jains will have privileges like running educational institutions etc. for their community. As per the 2001 census, there are around 41,486 Jains in the state out of a total population of 7.6 crore which Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-6439957520338939262011-03-09T18:15:00.000+05:302011-03-09T18:15:58.493+05:30Munisree Yasawai Sagarji Maharaj Passes AwayKOLKATA: An 88-year-old Jain monk breathed his last on Monday afternoon, after embracing the voluntary fast to death called Santhara, sanctioned by Jain scriptures. Munisree Yasawai Sagarji Maharaj of the Digambar community took neither food nor water for 51 days.
In a rare honour to Yasawai Sagarji, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation reserved the wooden pyre of Kashi Mitra burning ghat from 2am Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-7742905761134437022011-03-02T19:42:00.003+05:302011-03-02T20:10:36.504+05:30Jain scholar Vilas Sangave, passes away
By Mohsin Mulla
A veteran scholar in Jain religion, sociologist and historian, Vilas Sangave, 92, died in the wee hours of Tuesday. He was bedridden for several days at his home in Rajrampuri area here.
He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law.
Born on June 2, 1920, in Solapur, Sangave completed his doctorate in sociology in 1950 from the University of Bombay. He served as a Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-47075153440086497442011-02-23T22:42:00.000+05:302011-02-23T22:42:21.670+05:30Karnataka Government Decided to Keep Jains Outside Endowment ActDaijiworld Media Network – Moodbidri (SP)
Moodbidri, Feb 23: Swastisri Bhattaraka Charukeerti Panditacharyavarya Swamiji of the Jain Mutt here, through a press release, has stated that minister, Dr V S Acharya, has informed him that the government has taken a decision to exempt Jains from the purview of Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act.
It may be recalled that the Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-81251566665658466482011-02-22T01:05:00.000+05:302011-02-22T01:05:40.588+05:30Jains oppose inclusion into Hindu endowment actThe Jain community leaders have opposed the government move to include Jains into the Hindu religious endowment act. According to the president of the Karnataka Jaina Association of Bangalore in a press release here today, the jains were not Hindus or Hindu dissenters but they have origin and history long anterior to the smrithis and commentaries which are recognized authorities on Hindu law and Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-59523178442693462962011-02-15T22:29:00.001+05:302011-02-15T22:33:08.640+05:30Jain Monks Learning from Muslim Teacher!
AHMEDABAD: This unique student-teacher relationship can itself be the subject of a doctoral thesis! A Muslim assistant commissioner of commercial tax,Intaj Malek,is PhD guide to two Jain monks Chintan Muni and Niranjan Muni helping them understand Jainism in a new perspective.
Unlike other doctoral guides who keep their students on their toes,Malek follows his on-the-move students Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-3527575748323334542011-02-11T22:21:00.000+05:302011-02-11T22:21:33.234+05:30Project to light up Rajabai TowerThe grand Rajabai Tower housed in the University of Mumbai campus at Fort will be illuminated every evening starting next month. The Rs12-lakh project to aesthetically light the 85-metre-high heritage structure is being funded by the Central Bank of India as part of its centenary celebrations. “The tower will be lit up every evening by next month,” said Rajpal Hande, director, Board of College Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-72895566568524866812011-02-05T15:53:00.002+05:302011-02-05T16:04:02.032+05:30Religious Census Starts from 9th February
Lakhs of enumerators who go knocking at the door of every household during the decennial headcount will carry a reassuring message: have faith in us, we won't question your faith.
With growing instances of inter-religious marriages, the 2011 Census starting February 9 will record the religion of each household member and not assume that religion of the head is the same as every member in the Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-40239089085252716432011-01-28T00:39:00.000+05:302011-01-28T00:39:43.776+05:30Govt grants Rs 25 lakh for Abbakka UtsavaMANGALORE: The weekend will see the first official recognition to Abbakka, who took on the might of the Portuguese in the latter half of the 16th century, when the two-day Veerarani Abbakka Utsava gets underway at Assaigoli near here from Saturday.
Organized by the Veerarani Abbakka Utsava Samiti, the Abbakka Utsava which was started in 1997 is now into its 8th edition. It has for the first Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-79343202912323434922011-01-27T23:28:00.000+05:302011-01-27T23:28:54.472+05:30New Statue of Teerthanka Mahavir at Molem wildlife sanctuaryPANAJI: An eight-feet tall statue of Bhagwan Mahavir, which will replace the one desecrated by unknown miscreants nearly three years back, will be unveiled at Molem wildlife sanctuary on Sunday at 11.30am.
The government had formed a committee to oversee preparations for the installation of a new statue and select artisans to work on it, as per the wishes of the Jain community in Goa. The Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-72651190118382028222011-01-26T21:41:00.000+05:302011-01-26T21:41:40.483+05:30Acharya Lokesh Muni gets national integration award
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Delhi-based writer, orator and social worker Acharya Lokesh Muni has been named for the national award for promotion of communal harmony and national integration for the year 2010.
'The National Communal Harmony Award for the year 2010 will be conferred on Muni of Delhi,' the government said Tuesday.
Muni was chosen by the jury headed by Vice President Hamid Ansari.Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-47232765737261170212011-01-26T10:00:00.001+05:302011-01-26T10:00:00.818+05:30Jain Girl Becomes NunYADGIR: A 20-year-old girl, Mumiksha Tina Jain took sanyas here on Sunday. She was initiated by Ujwalaprabhaji, a Jain sanyasini in Yadgir.
"By sacrificing everything in our life we will lead our life towards spirituality," said Mumiksha Tina. She will participate in a Jain spiritual camp to be held in May for 15 days.
The camp will be held in Karnataka for young Jain girls. A degree holder,Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-79355344180771520232011-01-26T00:58:00.000+05:302011-01-26T00:58:25.266+05:30Karuna Jain to lead Karnataka in All-India T20Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-42795985168784758992011-01-26T00:52:00.000+05:302011-01-26T00:52:33.711+05:30Padma Vibhushan to L.C.Jain, Padmashri to Dr. Pukhraj BafnaLate L.C.Jain (Delhi) has been awarded the prestigious Padma Vibhushan, while Dr. Pukhraj Bafna (Chhatis Garh) has been awarded Padma Shri.Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-78506474555112518272011-01-25T13:51:00.000+05:302011-01-25T13:51:31.567+05:30Jain Temple in Hyederabad faces demolition threatHYDERABAD: It is not just the historic Sultan Bazar which will become history if the proposed metro route is executed but also religious facets of this market. Between the half kilometre stretch of Andhra Bank crossroads to Kachiguda, there are nearly 10 important religious structures, more than 100 years old.
The most prominent one is the Jain Mandir, which is the oldest Jain temple in Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-60295984231178912772011-01-25T13:45:00.000+05:302011-01-25T13:45:47.715+05:30Jain Monks Stops His Journy after Naxal ThreatsAHMEDABAD: A Jain monk on a Mumbai-Rajkot padyatra was given police protection after community sources said he received naxal threats. The valsad district police was given the responsibility to provide security to Namra Muni, 40, when he reached Vapi in south Gujarat on Saturday morning.
Dharmendrasinh Vaghela, superintendent of police, Valsad, said, "Some Jain leaders told us that the monk Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-80413055510737579212011-01-19T17:01:00.001+05:302011-01-19T17:27:33.249+05:30Dr. Subhash Chandra Akkole Passes AwayNoted research scholar of Marathi language Dr. Subhash Chandra Akkole passed away today morning. He was the first scholar to throw light on medieval Jain literature in Marathi. He was 84.
He wrote several research articles and books.
He was president of 4th Marathi Jain Literary Confarance held at Nipani, Karnataka. He also enjoyed editorship of various Marathi Jain magazines including SanmatiMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-7669509531806545662011-01-19T03:10:00.003+05:302011-01-19T03:37:14.509+05:30National minority status for Jains | It is almost done!
The government is working on a proposal to provide minority status to the Jain community at the national level. So far, the community has the minority status in eleven states. The law ministry is examining the proposal to make the community, with an estimated population of five million (50 lakh) in the country, eligible for the minority status nationally.
"We are working on a definite formula Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-17008997941404333092011-01-17T01:39:00.001+05:302011-01-17T01:51:22.516+05:30National Minority Status for Jain Community Soon: Union Law Minister
The Union government is working out a formula for ensuring national minority status for the Jain community, Union Law Minister M.Veerappa Moily said here on Saturday.
Speaking at the inaugural function of Jain International Trade Organisation (JITO) Global Summit-2011, he said, “We are definitely working out a formula to execute it as early as possible.”
He urged the Jain community to Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-60337322870896518132011-01-13T22:53:00.000+05:302011-01-13T22:53:40.368+05:30Jain sadhus working for Civic IssuesPALITANA: At a time when global leaders, business honchos and the state government are set to sign various memorandums of understanding ( MoUs) at the Vibrant Gujarat summit, an interesting MoU signed between a Jain group and Palitana Nagarpalika three years ago to solve civic problems of the Jain pilgrimage town in Bhavnagar district, is bearing fruits.
On inspiration of Jain monk Vijay Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-85404725480476869302011-01-03T19:16:00.000+05:302011-01-03T19:16:47.350+05:30Six Jain women arrested for clashAHMEDABAD: Shahibaug police station officials on Sunday arrested six women in connection with a group clash that took place at Girdharnagar Jain Upashray on Saturday afternoon. Senior police officials also held a meeting with the community leaders to prevent any further trouble on Sunday afternoon.
According to Shahibaug police station officials, the women from two sects - Ek-Tithi and Be-TithiMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-46898359556559943232011-01-02T16:36:00.001+05:302011-01-02T16:38:55.702+05:30Jain Sadhvis Attacked by Jains!Sadhvis attacked during clash between Jain groupsA clash was reported between two groups of a Jain Sangh at the Shahibaug area in Ahmedabad on Saturday afternoon.
The incident created commotion in the locality near Girdharnagar Shahibaug Jain Shwetambar Murtipujak Sangh (GSJSMS) and the police had to cordon off the area.
According to one of the groups involved in the dispute, around 20 Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-43724569756868807812010-12-31T14:11:00.000+05:302010-12-31T14:11:26.840+05:30Vegetarian way of life a useful resolutionBy Vlad Mazak
This has not been a good year for the meat, dairy, and egg industries.
In January, ABC News provided extensive coverage of cow abuse by the dairy industry. The BP oil spill in April called attention to an even-larger Gulf "dead zone" caused by the massive amounts of animal waste dumped every day by the Mississippi River. A month later, a UN report urged a global shift toward a Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-54464015106270983662010-12-31T13:44:00.000+05:302010-12-31T13:44:42.121+05:30Jain monk Janakmuni Maharaj passes awayJain saint Janakmuni Maharaj Saheb passed away in Mumbai on Thursday morning after prolonged illness. He was 78. He died at 9.09 am at Hingwala Upashray in Ghatkopar, in the presence of a large number of followers.
"Maharaj Saheb was suffering from a heart ailment for the last couple of months. He was taken to Asiad Hospital in Mumbai a month back after he suffered a massive heart attack in Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-10418293811266160192010-12-25T15:49:00.000+05:302010-12-25T15:49:28.268+05:30M P Veerendra Kumar Wins Sahitya Academy AwardM P Veerendra Kumar Wins Sahitya Academy Award
M P Veerendra Kumar, the famous writer, publisher and politician have won the prestigious Sahitya Academy award for his travelogue in Malayalam.
Read more about M P Veerendra Kumar at Famous Jains blog at:http://famousjains.blogspot.com/2008/02/mp-veerendra-kumar.html
-Mahavir SanglikarMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-35633088705628876052010-12-21T13:53:00.001+05:302010-12-21T13:55:59.950+05:30Dalits of Maharashtra looking towards Jainism-Prof. Pradeep Phaltane, PuneA Dalit caste in Maharashtra, which is in search of a new religious identity, is looking towards Jainism! This caste is second largest one in Dalit community in Maharashtra. It has a good population in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh also. Interestingly, its population in Maharashtra alone is about 65 Lakhs. This number is larger than the official number of Jain Mahavir Sanglikarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11783867496013159135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-45615163941975661362010-12-21T00:07:00.000+05:302010-12-21T00:07:30.716+05:30Ancient Jain Idols RecoveredKarwar: Ancient antique panchaloha idols of Chandranatha and Parshwanatha were recovered by the Bhatkal police. They were stolen from Padmavathi temple (a Jain temple or Basadi) at Haduvalli village in Bhatkal taluk in August last year.
Raman Gupta, Superintendent of Police, showed presspersons here on Tuesday the recovered idols. He said Vijayanand Sambanna (48) of Harihar in Davanagere Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-90174362160939301372010-12-20T20:44:00.001+05:302010-12-20T20:48:15.494+05:30Radha Krishna Idol in Jain Temple| Secularism or Cowardness?Radha Krishna Idol in Jain Temple| Secularism or Cowardness?
According to news published in Gujarati and Marathi dailies, an idol of Radhakirshna was established in a Jain temple at Mumbai.
The news says that it is first time that a non-Jain idol was established in a Jain temple.
This temple is situated at Pawandham in Mahaveer Nagar area of Kandivali. The idol was established in presence of Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-117134242916203482010-12-19T15:31:00.001+05:302010-12-19T15:34:10.315+05:30Leopard sanctuary in Gujarat?
By Rishi Banerji
Gujarat may soon boast of its very own sanctuary dedicated to another wild cat, the leopard. With the recent leopard attacks on humans in Mandvi taluka of Surat, a political leader has requested the state government and forest department to build a sanctuary, exclusively for the leopards.
Jagdish Parekh, president of Mandvi Nagarpalika, has taken up the task to create a Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-17428685176148748242010-12-19T15:24:00.001+05:302010-12-19T15:26:08.199+05:30Jain community alerts sadhvis and munisAlarmed by the rising casualties in road accidents, Jain spiritual leaders have asked members to be more careful
-Dhwani Pathak
Jain munis and sadhvis have been asked to walk carefully on highways when they are on a ‘vihaar’. A word of precaution has been circulated among the Jain sanghs following the Ahmedabad-Borivali highway accident which killed two sadhvis.
Following the Monday morning Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-2676927461103376622010-12-19T15:08:00.003+05:302010-12-19T15:13:38.286+05:30JIWO Honours CWG Women Medalists
The Jain community raised a toast to the 18 women who brought laurels for the country at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
The women were honoured with gold medals for their effort at a function organised by the Jain International Women's Organisation (JIWO), a unit of Jain International Trade Organisation here on Saturday.
Five of the 18 women, who made it to the function, received the medals, Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-67820604111450697662010-12-15T12:46:00.010+05:302010-12-19T15:42:01.197+05:30Fashion Designer to Become a Jain Ascetic-Srinivas Sirnoorkar,Gulbarga
In February, a fashion designer, his wife and their young son would be expected to travel to Dubai for the month-long shopping festival, Bali in Indonesia, or Cape Town in South Africa.
Instead, in eight weeks, couturier Kiran Maru, his wife Jyothi and son Bhavya are taking a journey into Sanyas (renunciation).
Thirty-six-year-old Kiran has decided to free himselfMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-8011035029105254392010-12-06T16:05:00.000+05:302010-12-06T16:05:45.792+05:30Two Jain MLCs Elected in MaharashtraManish Jain (Jalgaon constituency) and Rajendra Jain (Gondia-Bhandara constituency) were elected as members of Legislative Council of Maharashtra.
Both the candidates belong to NCP (Nationalist Congress Party )Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-698962496596658222010-12-06T15:40:00.001+05:302010-12-06T15:45:13.150+05:30Jain Vishva Bharati BA Part III Results DeclaredJain Vishva Bharati University (JVBU), Ladnun, Rajasthan, has declared the result of Bachelor of Arts (BA) Part III Department of Distance Education (DDE) exam. The exams were held in 2010. To know more about the results, candidates can visit the university's official website: http://jvbi.ac.in/.Jain Vishva Bharati Institute (JVBI) was founded in 1970. Government of India notified Jain VishvaMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-61433757590328310262010-12-04T01:38:00.002+05:302010-12-04T02:40:53.463+05:30All Politicians Should Follow Teaching of Jainism: Jyotiraditya ScindiaGwalior: Dec. 3, 2010
Union minister of state for commerce and industry Jyotiraditya Scindia has urged all politicians to follow divine teachings of Jainism termed as 'Kshama Diwas' (forgiveness) at least once every year, and practise values like secularism, tolerance, forgiveness and public service.
It is interesting that the young and enthuastic minister and his family follow Jain values. One Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-77076819817272833152010-12-03T23:56:00.001+05:302010-12-04T02:45:08.782+05:30Padma Awardees from Jain CommunityPadma Awardees from Jain CommunityI have just published a list of Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan Awardees from Jain community at my blog at: http://famousjains.blogspot.com/ . Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civil award in India, while Padma Bhushan ranks at number 3. Until now, 5 Jains have got Padma Vibhushan, while the number of Padma Bhushan Awardees from Jain community is 28. The Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-14171851723277512622010-12-01T01:41:00.001+05:302010-12-01T01:43:10.229+05:30Sangeet Ratna Award to Harsshit Abhiraj
Famous Music Composer Harsshit Abhiraj was felicitated by All India Marathi Sahitya Parishad by conferring Mahatma Phule Sangeet Ratna Award on him.Renowned Dalit writer Ratanlal Sonagra and Social Worker Vijay Kolate presented the award.
Harsshit is a Jain by birth and deeds. To know more about Harsshit Abhiraj and his work, please visit: http://famousjains.blogspot.com/ Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-21063378270298149492010-11-26T02:03:00.002+05:302010-11-26T02:15:16.905+05:30The Prince Of Wales Vistis JAINPEDIA At The Victoria And Albert MuseumJain Community celebrates launch of JAINpedia exhibitions and website London 18th November 2010 The Institute of Jainology (“IoJ”) was delighted to receive His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London to view the JAINpedia exhibition and see the JAINpedia online digital resources.
The IoJ is an international organisation established in 1983. In 1990 the Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-254766143483533482010-11-25T22:30:00.000+05:302010-11-25T22:30:15.401+05:30Dakshin Bharat Jain Sabha to Honour AchieversTOI
BELGAUM: The Dakshin Bharat Jain Sabha will honour 19 achievers with different awards during its 91st quarterly session which is scheduled for November 27 and 28 at Borgaon in Chikkodi taluk of Karnataka.
The names of awardees are as follows- Prabhakar Kore (Education), Padmaraj Dandavati of Bangalore (Journalism), Kamalkumar Jain of Pune (Research), Gajkumar Shah of Nasik (Marathi Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-88919514223427695602010-11-21T13:33:00.000+05:302010-11-21T13:33:09.117+05:30The 2014 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Brussels ? BRUSSELS (EJP)---Brussels, the city which headquarters the EU bodies, has presented its bid to host Parliament of the World Religions in 2014, the largest interreligious gathering in the world held once every five years in a different city.
Nearly 8.000 people from around the world are expected to attend the one-week event whose objective is to promote the dialogue between the various religionsMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-19730698321988951632010-11-20T18:55:00.000+05:302010-11-20T18:55:03.067+05:30Jain Studies professorship in Florida UniversityWashington: The Florida International University (FIU) has established the Bhagwan Mahavir Professorship of Jain Studies, the first of its kind in the western world, with a $600,000-donation from the Jain Education and Research Foundation.
Nathan Katz, FIU professor who specializes in the religions of India, was named the first Bhagwan Mahavir Professor of the endowed professorship in the Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-15824699884131642142010-11-20T15:00:00.000+05:302010-11-20T15:00:04.143+05:30Articles invited for Jainology BlogArticles invited for Jainology BlogIn recent few months, the Jainism Articles and Essays blog at www.jainology.blogspot.com has become very popular. So far more than 350 articles on various aspects of Jainology including archeology, history, sociology, biographies, literature, philosophy etc. have been published on this blog. Most of the articles on this blog are written by renowned scholars of Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-12249488037262034472010-11-20T14:38:00.000+05:302010-11-20T14:38:32.845+05:30Seminar to revive Saman SuttamA group of Jain scholars in the city have organised a national seminar on Jainism with the aim of reviving a 36-year-old book that seeks to unite all the sects of the religion. The seminar, which began on Thursday and will conclude on Friday, involves 15 academic presentations on Various Facets of Saman-Suttam, a book compiled from other Agamas (religious scriptures) by 300 Jain Acharyas and Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-19317680139674019332010-11-14T16:54:00.000+05:302010-11-14T16:54:02.890+05:30Wesleyan Animal Studies Human-Animal Studies Fellowship 2011Subject: Animals and Society Institute-Wesleyan Animal Studies Human-Animal Studies Fellowship 2011
The Animals and Society Institute and Wesleyan Animal Studies invites applications for the fifth annual summer fellowship program for scholars pursuing research in Human-Animal Studies.
Beginning in the summer of 2011 and going forward, this interdisciplinary program will enable 6-8 fellows to Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-70622409667320432262010-11-03T19:26:00.000+05:302010-11-03T19:26:47.162+05:30Jainism’s Contribution to Literature Immense – HampanaDaijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Nov 3: Noted scholar, Prof Hampa Nagarajaiah (Hampana), said that Jain litterateurs have, from time to time, embraced the language of the land they lived in, and always made coordinated efforts to provide new dimensions to the literature in the local language. He analyzed that because of their endeavours to gel with the local culture and Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-68497773365167736802010-10-24T14:17:00.000+05:302010-10-24T14:17:42.087+05:30Literary contribution of Jains lauded BIJAPUR: The credit of establishing the first ever women's university in the world goes to the Jain community, said literary figure Ham Pa Nagarajaiah.
Inaugurating the two-day state level seminar on Kannada Jain Literature and Women, organised jointly by Karnataka State Women's University and Shrut Samvardhan Samsthan, Meerat (UP), here on Tuesday, he said it was in 860 AD at Vedal in Tamil Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-70219369737553714162010-10-06T19:56:00.000+05:302010-10-06T19:56:49.839+05:30INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON JAINISM ON OCT. 8Mysore, Oct. 6 (KCU&KK)- The Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, in association with Bharathavarshiya Digambar Jain Tirth-Kshetra Committee will be organising a three-day international conference Yuga Yatri — Jainism through the ages, a historical perceptive from Oct. 8 to 10 at Dasara Exhibition Grounds here.
Disclosing this at a press meet at the Directorate here yesterday, its Director Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-81683043968922375102010-09-15T23:43:00.002+05:302010-09-15T23:47:38.406+05:30Bhagwan Mahaveer International Peace AwardSarhad, Pune based renowned institution working for peace and harmony between people living in Punjab & Kashmir and rest of India, has decided to present Bhagwan Mahaveer International Peace Award from next year. This was announced by Sanjay Nahar, Founder President of Sarhad.This award will be presented to the person who has devoted his/her life to promote non-violence on International level, Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-67120888243861362322010-09-13T19:56:00.001+05:302010-09-13T19:59:39.177+05:307th Jain History Conference on 21-23rd January 20117th Jain History Conference will be held on 21, 22 and 23 January 2010 at Walchandnagar, District Pune of Maharashtra. Scholars of Jain History from everywhere will present their research papers in the conference.Walchandnagar is 125 KM. away from Pune and you can go there by public or private vehicles.If you are interested in reading your research paper, you are welcome. The research papers mustMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-60000296156801670942010-09-05T02:36:00.003+05:302010-09-05T02:41:08.800+05:30UK Jains Prepare To Celebrate Traditional FestivalUK Jains Prepare To Celebrate Traditional FestivalBy Emma Foster, Community NewswireJains across the UK are preparing to celebrate their most important festival, Paryushan and Daslakshana.It is a festival of forgiveness and repentance celebrated by two Jain sects at different times.The Shvetambara Jains call the festival Paryushan, and they will begin their celebrations on Saturday. It lasts for Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-24231322025103858372010-09-04T19:40:00.001+05:302010-09-04T19:43:12.122+05:30God Did Not Create the Universe : Stephen HawkingBritish physicist Stephen Hawking says God was not necessary for the creation of the universe, just as Charles Darwin eliminated the necessity of God from biology.In an exclusive interview, the science monthly Eureka of The Times of London released Thursday excerpts from Hawking’s new book “The Grand Design.” He asks the question “Did the Universe need a creator?” in a book whose title seems to Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-9109619933565400672010-09-04T19:34:00.002+05:302010-09-04T19:39:58.953+05:30You don't need a God to create a universe: Stephen HawkingYou don't need a God to create a universe:Stephen HawkingSeptember 3rd, 2010 11:10 am ETBy Dennis BodzashFamed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has created quite a stir of late in his most recent book, The Grand Design, in which he argues that the Big Bang, which created the universe as we know it (at least according to scientists), did not require divine help.In fact, the book sets out to Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-48554275596816205632010-09-01T19:37:00.001+05:302010-09-01T19:39:07.295+05:30Ordinary people and their lives inspire filmmaker Sona JainHow in the world did you manage to make a movie like this? You’re not even married,” writer-director Vishal Bhardwaj had said after the screening of my film, For Real,” says 34-year-old filmmaker Sona Jain. “I am single and yet managed to decode the life of a married couple. I guess it’s because I wrote it from a child’s point of view,” she adds. The film, which took nine years to complete, is Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-42137038999179176202010-09-01T19:32:00.001+05:302010-09-01T19:35:47.241+05:30Jain Tirthankara idol found in riverbed near VedaranyamNAGAPATTINAM: An 11th-century idol of a Jain Tirthankara has been found in a riverbed near Vedaranyam in Nagapattinam district.The stone idol, about two feet tall, was found without its head. Experts who inspected it felt that the head could have been knocked off by vandals. However, the possibility of accidental wreckage could not be ruled out as well, they added."The Tirthankara is found on a Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-52406699413369270492010-09-01T19:20:00.002+05:302010-09-01T19:23:09.691+05:30No Jain temple was burnt in Kashmir: officialsShujaat BukhariThe temporary structure housing a Jain temple in a local hotel was not burnt by a mob but was dismantled as a local hotel's contract with a Mumbai-based travel agency which built the structure on its premises has not been renewed.In the wake of reports in newspapers around India that the only Jain temple in Kashmir had been burnt by mobs leading the ongoing protests in the Valley, Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-21506775544412682232010-09-01T19:06:00.002+05:302010-09-01T19:09:54.506+05:30Vineet Jain Becomes PTI ChairmanThe Board of Directors of Press Trust of India (PTI), the premier news agency of the country, has elected Vineet Jain as the new Chairman. The announcement was made at the 62nd annual general meeting of the PTI shareholders held at New Delhi. Jain succeeds Vijay Kumar Chopra, Editor of the Punjab Kesari Group.Jain is the Managing Director of The Times of India (TOI) Group. Prior to being Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-3433685058743964472010-08-11T19:47:00.000+05:302010-08-11T19:50:23.236+05:30Moodbidri Jain Swamiji calls for removal of ignoranceBy Team Mangalorean- California Milpitas(CA), August 10, 2010: The swamiji of Moodbidri jain Math HH Charukirthi Bhattaraka Panditacharyavarya took part in the decennial celebrations of the Milpitas Jain Mandir here on Tuesday. He was the chief guest in the programme organised by the Jain committee of California to inaugurate the new Yag mandal vidhan and inauguration of newly constructed Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-22528473944301124272010-07-29T18:59:00.003+05:302010-07-29T19:05:10.021+05:30Jain Girl to Become Jain Nun22-year-old rich girl chucks it all for sainthoodM R Venkatesh, Chennai, Jul 19, DH News Service:Monday, July 19, 2010As the medical world on Monday remembered the angelic Nurse Florence Nightingale for her deep compassion and devotion in tending the sick as ‘Nurses Day’, the Jain community here sprang a surprise.In a different kind of compassionate response to cure men of the “sickness within”, Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-23590991261047216502010-07-29T18:55:00.002+05:302010-07-29T18:58:38.908+05:3022 Year Jain Girl set to become a nunCHENNAI: A 22-year-old Jain girl here will renounce the world in a diksha ceremony here on July 21 to become a monk. Deepa, a BCom graduate and resident of Sowcarpet, announced her plan here on Monday.“World is full of sin and only sin. No one can live here without causing problems to others,” said Deepa.She said she wanted a closer view of the spiritual life and alsoachieve the state of SupremeMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-82065841240994093072010-07-16T20:33:00.001+05:302010-07-16T20:36:34.710+05:30SRI DEVENDRAKEERTHI BHATTARAKHA SWAMIJI OF HUMCHA JAIN MUTT PASSES AWAYSRI DEVENDRAKEERTHI BHATTARAKHA SWAMIJI OF HUMCHA JAIN MUTT PASSES AWAY-His Holiness Bharata Gaurava Swasti Sri Deevendrakeerthi Bhattarakha Swamiji, the pontiff of Humcha Jain Mutt passed away this morning.Humcha (Shimoga District, Karnataka), 14 July 2010: His Holiness Bharata Gaurava Swasti Sri Deevendrakeerthi Bhattarakha Swamiji, the pontiff of Humcha Jain Mutt passed away this morning. He Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-10199581174389208862010-06-28T20:51:00.002+05:302010-06-28T20:54:03.067+05:30Summer school on Jainism attracts foreign participationVARANASI: Is the millennia-old city on verge of witnessing confluence of Jainism and Buddhism and spreading the philosophy of two old religions to other parts of the world?While Sarnath (where Buddha preached his first sermon) has emerged as international centre for Buddhist studies, now Parshwanath Vidyapeeth (PV), an external research centre of Jain studies recognised by Banaras Hindu Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-86870680427335849702010-06-19T20:27:00.003+05:302010-06-19T20:34:26.516+05:30Navaakaal Article Against JainThis is an article published in Navaakaal, a cheap Marathi daily from Mumbai. It is against Jains, full of hatred. The title say that the Dadagiri of Jains must be stopped. Please read it, comment on the subject.Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-84144812721781423632010-06-14T16:35:00.001+05:302010-06-14T16:39:16.747+05:30Centre favours giving minority status to Jains: KhurshidBangalore, Jun 13 (PTI)The government is in favour of giving minority community status to Jains, Union Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said today. He said a decision of a 11-judge Supreme Court had become a hurdle in taking action on the matter."Government is seized of the matter", he said at a Jain International Trade Organisation (JITO) national conference here, adding, the GovernmentMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-34377849428608763642010-06-10T20:01:00.003+05:302010-06-10T20:05:47.264+05:30Jain, Darda Elected as M.P.Vijay Darda (Congress) and Ishwar Lal Jain (NCP) were elected today as Rajya Sabha Members of Parliament of India.Both the candidates belong to Jain community and are from MaharashtraMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-70382035951001197352010-06-10T18:58:00.003+05:302011-02-05T15:58:53.890+05:30Jain Monuments Found in Andhra PradeshVijayawada, Jun 7 (PTI)
Ancient Jain monuments were found by a team of archaeologists in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district.
"The team, which visited the hills around Dannanapet and Chittivalas villages for three days from May 29-31, found 'rocky beds' in the caves at four places," G Jawaharlal, former deputy director of Archaeology Department of Andhra Pradesh, who led the team of Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-57218028356522464822010-05-17T20:50:00.001+05:302010-05-17T20:52:20.673+05:30Jains Campaign on CensusJinal Shah Tags : Census, Jains Posted: Mon May 17 2010, 00:26 hrs Mumbai: Ahead of religion entry in February, activists write articles, circulate emails, posters, cellphone messages across community Rajesh Shah (name changed), 52, of Ghatkopar refused to sign on the census form last week. He had resolved to register himself as a “Jain” in the religion column. The data collector had a hard Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-48213110361836519982010-05-13T19:10:00.001+05:302010-05-13T19:14:01.850+05:30Rich tributes to Acharya MahapragyajiJainism's Legendary era has come to an end with the passing away of The community's senior most Acharya and most versatile, learned Terapanth Acharya Shree Mahapragyaji on Sunday at Sardarshahar in Rajasthan.Born on 14th June 1920 at Tamkor in Rajasthan, he took his Jain monkhood on 29th Jan 1931 at Sardarshahar and has been continuously serving humanity with his broader learning, understanding Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-32653406900314861532010-05-13T19:07:00.002+05:302010-05-13T19:09:57.641+05:30Acharya Mahapragya Passes AwayAcharya Mahapragya Tenth Acharya, Supreme Head of Jain Swetembar Terapanth Group Is Passes AwayAccording to our Private sources Shree Acharya Mahapragya 1oth acharya of religion Swetembar Terapanth samaj has no more today , Acharya Mahapragya is today in sardarshshar of rajashthan , solon reports module come.Acharya Shri Mahapragya (14 June 1920-09 May 2010) was the tenth Acharya, supreme head ofMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-47094967939777339882010-04-28T16:53:00.002+05:302010-04-28T16:56:03.971+05:30Help Center for Jain Students All Over IndiaHelp Center for Jain Students All Over IndiaJain Friends, a Social Organization from Pune has just started a Help Center for Jain Students all over India. This center will help Jain students by providing information about following subjects:● Jain Minority Educational Institutions offering higher education in Engineering, IT, Management, Medical and other branches, where about 50% seats are Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-61562908777446359772010-04-17T19:22:00.000+05:302010-04-17T19:24:23.633+05:30Amit Jain is new Patna SSPPATNA: The state government undertook a massive midnight transfer in the police administration involving 52 IPS officers and 14 SP-rank Bihar police officers. DG (Civil Defence) Manoje Nath has been made DG (Training). ADG Abhyanand has been made ADG (Wireless and Training). A K Ambedkar has been made the new IG of Bhagalpur while Vinay Kumar that of Darbhanga. B Sriniwasan was made IG (Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-91139684426938555752010-04-17T19:19:00.000+05:302010-04-17T19:20:49.030+05:30Jain Studies in Florida UniversityFlorida International University's Religious Studies Department is receiving $600,000 from South Florida's Jain community to boost awareness of the little-practiced, but influential, religion.BY MICHAEL VASQUEZ AND JAWEED KALEEMWith perhaps 10 million adherents worldwide -- the vast majority of them in one country, India -- Jainism might be called a bit player on the stage of world religions. Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-25470507142652514902010-04-01T19:20:00.002+05:302010-04-01T19:23:35.604+05:30Mahavir Jayanti celebrated with SMS and greetings in IndiaMahavir Jayanti is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Lord Mahavir, the 24th Teerthankar of Jain religion. Usually it occurs in the months of March or April but this year it is on Sunday, 28 March, 2010. Mahavir, also known as Vardhamana, is the last prophets in the 24 Teerthankaras galaxy. He was one of the greatest Teerthankaras born to Siddhartha and Trishala Devi in the year 599 B.C on Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-5627489488601199442010-04-01T19:17:00.001+05:302010-04-01T19:19:52.122+05:30Mushayara held on Mahavir JayantiBhopal, Mar 28: A general meeting and programme Mushayara were organised under the aegis of Guldasta (literary organisation) on Sunday at Guldasta Bhawan, Chhawni (Mangalwara). The programme was presided over Professor Iqbal Ahmed Arif and the programme was conducted by the former Corporator and President of the organisation Mohammad Rais Khan.Ashok Jain Bhabha was also present as chief guest. OnMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-41878663391053706782010-04-01T19:10:00.002+05:302010-04-01T19:14:47.389+05:30Mahavir Jayanti Celebrated in NepalHimalayan News ServiceKATHMANDU: Nepal Jain Parishad (NJP) celebrated the 2609th birth anniversary of Mahavir as a welfare festival today. Mahavir 24th Teerthankar of Jainism, a religion of non-violence and peace.Yoga Guru Swami Ram Dev, the chief guest, said that teachings of Mahavir were guidance for life, peace and non-violence.Vice President Paramanand Jha, special guest in the programme, Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-74678314725299127722010-04-01T18:56:00.002+05:302010-04-01T19:01:12.000+05:30Jain community Raised Over £11K for RSPCA on Mahavir JayantiBy Raj Sarin March 31, 2010Over 400 members of the Jain community in Manchester celebrated the birthday of Lord Mahavir over the weekend and marked the occasion by raising money for RSPCA.The event took place at the Jain Community Centre, Longsight where Pujya Samri Ji Prasana Pragya and Samri Ji Rohit Pragya from Jain Vishwa Bharti, London held four days training to enrich life through practice Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-22525552050749857902010-03-27T17:15:00.001+05:302010-03-27T17:16:40.251+05:30Punjab CM greets people on occassion of Mahavir JayantiCHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Saturday extended his warm greetings to the people of the State on the sacred occasion of Mahavir Jayanti.In a message the Chief Minister called upon the different sections of the society to follow the philosophy and teachings of Lord Mahavir, who preached the principles of simple living and high thinking to achieve the ultimate goal of Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-78793071257196377322010-03-27T17:05:00.003+05:302010-03-27T17:08:48.469+05:30President and PM greets people on the ocassion of Mahavir JayantiPresident of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil in her message on the juncture of Mahavir Jayanti, which is being celebrated tomorrow has said, “On the auspicious occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, I convey my heartiest greetings and best wishes to all the people. "Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has greeted the nation on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, which will be will be celebrated in the country onMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-17622883715482585962010-03-16T11:39:00.003+05:302010-03-16T11:47:11.930+05:30Mahavir Jayanti Celebrations at Bangalore - Injustice to JainsBangalore (Karnataka), 15 March 2010: While th entire world will celebrateMahavira Jayanti (Janmakalyanak) on 28th March 2010 with all thegatherings, processions, meetings and functions, the Jains of Bangaloremight not be able to do that and might be restricted to having theircelebrations only with in the four walls of the temple or their houses. Thisis because of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-43764461312861957772010-03-08T16:04:00.002+05:302010-03-08T16:09:57.630+05:30Jain principles relevant to problems of modern world: Sonia GandhiNew Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today stressed the relevance of Jain principles to tackle the problem of violence and terrorism afflicting the modern world.Gandhi also underlined the importance of politics that believes in non-violence, environment-centric development and taking all sections together. The Congress president said she belongs to a political tradition that believes Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-60737416201323192712010-02-28T15:29:00.002+05:302010-02-28T15:34:53.668+05:30No conspiracy in deaths of Jain sadhus, sadhvis, says CID Ujwala Nayudu, IEThe recent deaths of Jain sadhus, sadhvis in road accidents in Gujarat and Rajasthan were “pure accidents and nothing more”, concludes the CID (crime). The state government had handed over the investigation to CID (crime) in these road accidents following representations by an agitated Jain community three months ago. The report will be submitted to the state governmentMahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-80347856006899888942010-02-21T16:48:00.000+05:302010-02-21T16:49:56.417+05:30Vice President Inaugurates a Conference on ‘Islam & Oriental Religions’The Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said that the inter-faith dialogue has emerged as a prominent civil society initiative between nations and groups in the post-Cold War world, amidst the “Clash of Civilisations” debate and the raging ethnic and religious conflicts in various parts of the globe. Delivering inaugural address at a conference titled “An International Dialogue Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84363705941672059.post-62187512341452238962010-02-21T16:28:00.001+05:302010-02-21T16:31:14.144+05:30Jain Temple Selling Its Treasure!Adinath Jain Shwetambar temple in Chikpet will auction its artefacts to fund its expansion plans! Bangalore Mirror Bureau Posted On Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 09:26:33 AM A Jain temple in Bangalore has decided to Mahavir S. Chavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08022345058003045870noreply@blogger.com1