The Institute of Jainology (IOJ) and Oshwal Association of the U.K (OAUK) were honoured to welcome the new Hon Minister of Faith, Lord Wajid Khan of Burnley, to the Oshwal Centre and Derasar (Jain temple) at Potters Bar, Hertfordshire on Friday 11 October 2024. Lord Khan, who was made a peer in December 2021, has[…]
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Kyle Kothari is the first, from a UK Jain family to participate in an Olympics, representing Great Britain and England in competition. Kyle, born on 26 January 1998, in Harrow, North London is the son of Jiten and Arti Kothari, who were originally from Nairobi, Kenya. His grandparents are Chotubhai and Sushilaben. Kyle graduated from[…]
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The Institute of Jainology is pleased to announce its Trustee, Mr Jaysukh S Mehta, has been awarded a BEM (British Empire Medal) by His Majesty the King in the 2024 Birthday Honours List for services to Faith Integration and Humanitarianism. Jaysukhbhai has been actively involved in charity and community work for the last 30 years, helping[…]
London, 27 June 2020 OneJAIN holds Annual Conference for 30 UK Jain Organisations COVID19 results in first online meeting The Institute Of Jainology (IOJ), the UK Charity that represents the 30 UK Jain faith organisations in Government and inter-faith matters under the banner OneJAIN held its annual conference on Saturday, 27th June 2020. The meeting[…]
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Message to the Jain Community from Gareth Thomas MP I am writing to you following the celebration of Lord Mahavir’s birth anniversary. I hope that you were blessed to be able to spend time with loved ones on this most auspicious of days, even if that was via ‘Zoom’ or ‘Skype’ or “old style”[…]
Institute of Jainology and Zoroastrian Community hosted a joint husting on November 20, 2019 at Zoroastrian Centre in Harrow. The event was attended by prospective parliamentary candidates for Harrow East, Harrow West, Ruislip, Pinner and Northwood from Labour and Conservatives Parties and approximately 100 Jain & Zoroastrian community members. Bob Blackman (Conservative) & Pamela Fitzpatrick[…]
To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi this October, the Jain community have established a unique living legacy for peace and harmony in Harrow, North West London. With enthusiasm and warm hearts over 250 members of the Jain and Interfaith community including school groups and children gathered together at Kenton Recreation Ground[…]
This year is 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and it is being commemorated by several Indian communities in the UK during this year by holding a variety of programs and events. OneJAIN, the union of UK Jain communities are proud to announce a ‘Planting for Peace’ flagship tree-planting project to celebrate the life of[…]
A campaign which sets out to raise awareness of the upcoming change in the law around organ donation in England was launched at a packed meeting of Hindus and Jains in Parliament on 10 July 2019. The meeting was chaired by Lord Jitesh Gadhia and the chief guest was the Rt Hon Matt Hancock, Secretary[…]