London August 19th 2012 Indian High commission had arranged a public celebration of India’s 65th independence anniversary at the Indian Gymkhana Grounds. The celebration was in the form of a grand fair with over 40 different stalls. It was a beautiful summer’s day with the green and well trimmed grounds of the Gymkhana at its best.[…]
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Jain community can rightly take pride in the fact that inspite of a small community – a third community member has been honoured by Her Majesty’s the Queen on her birthday. Dr Natubhai Shah follows in the footsteps of Mr Nemu Chandaria, Chairman, Institute of Jainology who was honoured with an OBE, whilst Mr Nitin[…]
JAINpedia held its long anticipated Family Day in Oxford on Friday 9th of June. Despite the heavy rain showers, more than ninety people joined us for a day of different activities around the University Libraries and Museums. The day’s events included activities based on Jainism at three different institutions of the University of Oxford; the[…]
Bodleian Libraries hold in their collection some of the very unique Jain manuscripts outside of India. An exhibition of some of these manuscripts titled ‘Jain Treasures at Bodleian Libraries’ was set up in the Proscholium at Bodleian Libraries on 20th May and will remain open until 1st July 2012. The Institute had arranged for a[…]
On 16th May The Most Reverend Archbishop Kevin McDonald Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark, England visited the Jain temple at the Oshwal Centre, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. The event was jointly organised by the Oshwal Association of the UK (OAUK) and the Institute of Jainology (IoJ). This invitation had resulted from the[…]
Dr Harshad Sanghrajka, Institute’s Director visited Nairobi in March 2012 at the invitation of the Visa Oshwal Community of Nairobi (VOC) to deliver a course on Jainism. This was a follow up tour on the highly successful tour to Nairobi in August 2011. The course, Foundation in Jain Studies, developed by the Institute and delivered[…]
Institute of Jainology had led a delegation to the Vatican in December 2011 following the first it led in February 1995. A Communique was issued at the conclusion of a two and a half hour meeting. H H The Pope had received gifts from the Deputy Chairman of the Institute.
The Institute of Jainology’s ninth annual Ahimsa Day commemoration at the House of Commons, held on 12th October 2011 was a tremendous success. This annual event, sponsored by the Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative ‘Parliamentary Friends of India’ groups, was attended by MPs, Ministers, Lords and the Jain community amongst others. Ahimsa Day celebrates the[…]
The enormous significance of Ashtapadji to Jains has been forgotten in modern times. It was here that our first tirthankar Rishabhdev gave deshna, and gave diksha to his 98 sons. It was here that he attained nirvana. It was here that his son, Bharat Chakravarti built Sinhnishdaprasad – a precinct for the pursuit of spirituality.[…]
Interfaith Visit to Manchester Jain Samaj Temple in September 2011. The objective was to demonstrate the good relationship between different communities.