Ahimsa Foundation of Indore, established specifically to spread the awareness of the concept of Ahimsa worldwide awarded Ahimsa Ratna Award to the well-known laureate and a Jain intellectual Padmashri Dr Kumarpal Desai. The award giving ceremony took place on 20th March 2016 at the Anand Mohan Mathur Auditorium, Indore. Dr Desai was presented with a[…]
Following is an excerpt from an article by by Kamala Thiagarajan published in February 2016 issue of Forbes India Magazine Wandering monks once made their home in South India, leaving behind an ancient legacy in the heart of the wild. Read on. It is, without a doubt, one of the most desolate places I have visited[…]
The Institute of Jainology and B J Vidhyabhavan had jointly sponsored a talk on the latest research of Ashtapad Tirth by Dr Lata Bothra, an authoritative Indian scholar of Jainology, Antiquity and Archaeology on 8th March at the H K Hall, Ahmedabad. Ashtapad Tirth is mountain on which the first Jain Tithankar, Bhagwan Rushabhdev attained nirvana[…]
Leicester: Thursday 3rd March 2016 6pm to 9pm The event was facilitated by the St Phillips Centre and held at Ramgarhia Centre in Leicester with representation from various institutions and bodies along with prominent representatives from most faith groups. The Jain community was represented by the members of Jain Samaj Europe (JSE) on behalf of OneJAIN[…]
London 28th February 2016 Saturday, 27th February 2016 dawned with the very sad news of the demise of Shree Bipinchandra Babulal Mehta precisely at 06:14 AM. He was in the hospital for the last few days where he had a successful surgical procedure which turned into complications during recovery. He left for the heavenly abode[…]
IoJ Deputy Chair, Dr Harshad N Sanghrajka was invited by the Home Office Diversity Team on 25th November 2015 to participate in their Interfaith Event: NAVRATRI AND DEEPAVALI. The event was held at the Home Office premises in Marsham Street, Westminster, in the afternoon and members of staff from many locations were invited. Some people[…]
The 2015 Ahimsa Day was celebrated on Wednesday 14th October 2015 at the House of Commons in the Grand Committee Room No 10.The program format evolved over the years was followed this year as well. The Secretary of State for the Communities & Local Government, Rt Hon Greg Clark was to be the Chief[…]
London, UK Sunday, September 20th, 2015, His Holiness the Dalai Lama held a special talk for the Indian community in the London Coliseum on ‘Ahimsa – Indian’s Contribution to the World.’ The event was hosted by Tibet House with the support of Nemu Chandaria OBE, Chairman of the Institute of Jainology and Vinod B Tailor.[…]
Ahmedabad Tuesday, 25th August 2015 A symposium to highlight the life, personality and achievements of the torch bearer of Bharitya culture, Shree Virchand Raghavji Gandhi (VRG) was held at the Gujarat Vidyapith on this day to celebrate his 151st birth anniversary. The program commenced with prayers by Smt Falguniben Shah at 9.30am. Ahmedabad’s well known Jain[…]
August 12th 2015 will prove to be a unique and historic day for the study of Indic Religions. Three Academic Chairs were established on this auspicious day, namely the Chairs for Jainism, Sikhism and Hinduism at the University of California at Irvine (a suburb of Los Angeles). August 12, 2015 was both a[…]