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Their Revered Beings : 45
Śvetāmbara Sect:
(a) Mūrtipūjaka: Acharya Shri Sarvodaya Sagara, Shri Jayghosa Suri, Shri Kalaprabha Suri, Gachchadhipati Shri Ratnakara Suri, Shri Yashodeva Suri, Shri Hemaprabha Suri, Gachchagani Shri Ratnakara Vijaya, Acharya Somasundara Suri, Gachchadhipati Shri Gunodaya Sagara Suri, Gachchadhisa Shri Kailasha Sagara, Gachchadhipati Shri Jayantasena Suri, Acharya Shri Vijaya Rajayasha Suri etc.
(b) Terápantha: Acharya Mahaprajna , Mahashramana Mudita Kumar.
(c) Sthānakavāsi: Acharya Shri Shiva Muni, Acharya Shri Umesha Muni, Gachchadhipati Shri Prakasha Chanda, Acharya Shri Ramalal Muni, Acharya Shri Prakash Chandaji Seth, Gadipati Shri Bhaskar Muni, Gachchashiromaņi Shri Jayantilalaji, Pt. Ratna Shri Kevala Muni, Gadipati Shri Praņalalaji, etc.
Digambara Sect: Acharya Shri Vidya Sagarji, Acharya Shri Vidyanandji, Acharya Shri Sanmati Sagarji, Acharya Shri Shanti Sagarji, Acharya Shri Jnana Sagarji, Acharya Shri Sudha Sagaraji, Acharya Shri Pulaka Sagaraji, Balacharya Shri Yogendra Sagarji, Acharya Shri Buddhi Sagaraji, Acharya Shri Kunthu Saāgarji, and Mata Jnanamatiji etc.
An “Ācārya" will be the object of even a greater veneration if the ritual of "sallekhana" has brought about his death by total fast. Statues, engraved marble plaques, and sometimes footprints, mark the spots where this ritual was achieved. Many devotees consider these spots as places of pilgrimage.
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