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Charukeerty Bhattarak Swamiji of Shravanabelgola for publication in Gommatavani (Vol. IV, No. 3, 1989). There and then still elated with what we had seen and learnt, we wrote under the title:
Our Pilgrimage to Sacred Jaina Centres Having safely returned from a three months pilgrimage to sacred Jaina places in different parts of India, we would by way of this letter like to thank all those marvellous people of all Jain denominations who went out of their way to help and please us. Our expectations were more than fulfilled.
. There was, for example, the warm reception we received at Bahubali Vidyapeeth and the village of Nandani near Kolhapur, Maharashtra, our first two destinations. In Shravanabelgola we met for the first time a Digambara monk in the person of Muni Chethan Sagar Maharaj. Sitting at his feet in the Mangayi Basti and listening to the enthusiastic singing of Jaina songs by the young brahmachari of the nearby Math (occasionally a few giris would join in) was an
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