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made to unite a broken or scattered society. Two important and big conferences were held in Ajmer and Sadari Ghanerao and which helped in making different subsects of this sect coming closer to each other. In the conference of Sthānakavāsī monks held in Sadari, barring some sects of Rajasthan and Gujarat, all Sthānakavāsi monks came together and worked together for one single samgha called 'Vardhamāna Sthānakavāsī Śramana Sargha'. But after some time some of these subsects got separated again. In this century Terāpantha Śvetāmbara sect also did a very important job of publication of literature on Jaina religion and philosophy. Generally speaking, this century has been of great significance from the point of view of writing, editing, publishing and spreading Jaina literature along with its focus on awareness in spiritual consciousness. Further, Jainism achieved a glorious status of an international religion because of the international travels of its followers.
To conclude we see that the cultural consciousness of Jaina religion has always been blooming with freshness from the very beginning of Indian culture till today. It has introduced itself as a dynamic living tradition by adjusting with the prevalent conditions of time, space and circumstances.
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