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[…]
The Institute had co-ordinated the first Interfaith Week’s celebration in England during November 2009. Oshwal Association of the UK had opened the doors of their temples at both Potters Bar and Croydon. This is a report by one of the visitors to Potters Bar.
Nathuramji Premi moved to Mumbai from Devari (Sagar, M.P.) in 1901. His reformist attitude, sheer diligence and intellect took him from being an office clerk to being a renowned Jain scholar known to be an expert translator, editor and publisher of Jain texts and the founder of Hindi Granth Ratnakar Karyalay, a leading publishing house in India and Mumbai’s oldest bookstore. He was called the “Bhishma Pitamaha” of Hindi Publishing.
Following Dr Sanghrajka’s work with RE Council – there is a recognition now that minority religions like Jainism should also be given a place in the regular RE curriculum of all primary schools. The Schools Minister, Ms Diana johnson supports this idea.
To commemorate the Shri 1008 Shrimajjinendra Jinbimb Panchkalyanak Pratishtha & Tray Gajrath Mahotsava,a special cover has been issued at Satna (M.P.) on 16th January 2010. Indian Postal Department provided a special cancellation on this occasion. The special cover depicts colourful Gajrath alongwith the images of 11 feet high idol of Bhagwan Shantinath situated in the[…]
India Post have in the last 12 months or so released several stamps with Jain themes and have also issued some First Day Covers. Both the stamps and the covers have beautiful and attractive designs and have attracted lot of interest from stamp collectors. Below is a composite sheet issued by the Philatelic Advisory Committee[…]
Dr Harshad Sanghrajka, Institute’s Hon Secretary/Director will be making a second tour of Jain Centres in the Far East following the successful tour of early last year. the centres to be visited are Perth, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur
Jaipedia project is progressing at fast pace and the main partner for the project, Kings College, University of London has already produced the fist pages of the proposed database to give a taste of what is to come. Each section of every page is linked to a specific section of the database giving a much[…]
Yen Feng, a singapore Reporter lauds the interfaith exhibition, a meeting point for all religions. TALK of securing a “common space” in Singapore’s multi-religious society has focused largely on maintaining a secular public sphere. The ongoing interfaith exhibition at Suntec City is a timely reminder that pluralism plays a part in promoting religious harmony, too.[…]