San Fransisco becomes the first city in the US and second City after Ghent in Belgium one day every week as a veg day.
World’s first Vegan Ayambil festival (Chaitra Oli) took place at the Oshwal Centre in Potters Bar, London. Though, those observing the Oli do not consume any dairy products, the organisers and volunteers who provide all the backup services would normally consume some dairy products through sweet meats and tea had observed a complete abstinence from dairy products.[…]
Jainpedia Project Team has been working closely with V&A South Asian Section. A tentative schedule has been developed for the current year as listed below. As the dates are firmed up we shall announce those. Month/Date Event Audience Details May 14th 2010 – 31st Dec 2012 JAINpedia display opens to public in Nehru Gallery All[…]
Jainpedia Project Team is delighted to announce that our first Gallery Talk ‘Jain Art from India’ will take place at the V&A in the Nehru Gallery of Indian Art, please see below for details. All are welcome to attend this interesting and educational event with Asia Curator Nick Barnard on 20th May 2010 at 13.00[…]
Institute has built up a good rapport with the Office of His Holiness the Pope over the past several years. It has now become customary for the Institute and the Vatican to exchange greetings on each other’s festive days. Vatican has since then taken to sending greetings to major Jain organisations elsewhere as well to build wider relations.[…]
JAINpedia Project Manager Job Description and Person Specification The Institute of Jainology is looking to employ a full time Manager for supporting its £800K investment in the development of JAINpedia a unique on line resource for Jainism using contextualised Jain scriptures – see http://blog.jainpedia.org/?p=3#more-3 and http://www.jainology.org/2009/12/23/progress-on-jainpedia-project The role includes supporting the management of relationships with[…]
A ‘Learn Jainism’ Blog is being launched by Colin Hynson to provide updates on the web site with the same name.
Opening Ceremony of the new premises of Singapore Jain Religious Society, on Chinese New Year’s eve 13th February was performed by the Senior Minister Mr Goh Chok Tong from the Prime Minister’s Office. His address clearly demonstrates the high regard in which the Jains are held by the Government.
Palitana is a sleepy town in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Perched high on a hill overlooking the town is a network of 1,500 exquisite temples. For followers of the Jain faith this is a place of major significance. It is the world’s highest concentration of Jain temples – they are packed in dense[…]