Project to make the Manuscripts Accessible to All (Manuscript Digitisation & Contextualisation Project) The Catalogue of Jain Manuscript that has been launched is really a technical document useable mainly by the researching academicians. These catalogues are in fact very detailed indices of the individual manuscripts held in the collections they refer to. They include[…]
Malaysian Jain Sangha had expressed interest last year through Mr Bhaskarbhai P Chitalia in running the FOUNDATION IN JAIN STUDIES course there. This course has been on offer in London for many years. It did not happen that year but the interest was revived earlier this year and two more Sanghas became interested. Eventually, the[…]
An Ethical Diet for Peace & Plenty Mr R. P. Jain, a director of Motilal Banarsidass, a celebrated publisher of spiritual and religious books in India delivered a talk making a case for vegetarianism at Gandhi Peace Panel lectures on October 2, 2008, at the Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, Connecticut, USA. An article based on[…]
A unique exhibition of stamps on Mahatma Gandhi, Jainism and Non-Violence will be opened at the Nehru Gallery on 29th September at the Nehru Gallery. The exhibition will be open to the public 30th September to 3rd October during normal office hours. Most of the dignitaries of 19th and 20th Century have been honoured by[…]
Relic with traces of Jainism discovered MYSORE: Archaeologists involved with excavations at historic Talakad village have found an inscribed stela (Stone Slab with Inscription) which authenticates the existence of Jainism in the region. According to a press release issued by the archaeology department here, this inscribed stela with a Jain image dated to 978-79 AD[…]
Padmashri Kumarpal Desai has been conferred with yet another very prestigious award: Acharya Tulsi Anekant Sanmaan by Jain Vishwa Bharti & Preksha Vishwa Bharti. The award was announced in Jaipur by Shri Surendra Chauradia, Head of Jain Vishwa Bharti, in presence of Param Pujya Shri Acharya Mahapragyaji. This annual award is sponsored by M B[…]
The Institute had awarded its first ever Ahimsa Awards to His Holiness the Dala Lama and to Mr Nelson Mandela. None of the Award receipients could receive the awards personally at the time but did accept the request from the Trustees that whenever they are in London, they would try to receive the award from[…]
Press release – Ghent May 13, 2008 Weekly meatless day official in Belgium. Belgian city of Ghent first to introduce meatless days Starting May 13, the Belgian city of Ghent, one of the 370 European climate cities, became the first worldwide to officially promote a weekly meatless day. According to FAO, livestock is responsible for eighteen percent of[…]
Launch of the first Jain text book for children Harrow Council Chamber was the appropriate venue for the first launch of DISCOVER JAINISM, the first ever book on the ancient Indian faith of Jainism that is aimed at schools in the UK. This is the first in the series LEARN JAINISM, initiated by the[…]
The first ever Jain temple to be built outside India was in Zanzibar, an island off the coast of Tanzania many decades ago. That temple known as the Shri Zanzibar Katcchi Jain Temple has now been renovated and Pratishtha Mahotsav will be held on the over the three day Easter Holidays, 10th, 11th and 12th[…]