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________________ EDITORIAL NOTE The idea of the Vaisali Festival was first mooted towards the end of 1944 when a meeting of the important people of the Hajipur subdivi. sion was held on December 31, 1944 at Hajipur with a view to organising a function to commemorate the glories of Vaigali. The move was initiated by Sbri J. C. Matbur, I. C. S., who was Subdivisional Officer at Hajipur at that time, and it was entbusiastically taken up by a large body of non-official workers all over the subdivision and the Muzaffarpur district of the time. Consequently, the first Vaisali Festival was celebrated on the ruins of Vaisali on March 31-April 1, 1945. The response from amongst common people of the Province was overwhelming. Hence, on the first day of this Festival came into being the Vaisali Sangha in order to bring into light and prominence the ruins of Vaisali and to redeem it from the neglect in which it lay for a long time, and secondly, to simulate a new cultural and social awareness among the village people in general and the inhabitants of the Vaisali area in particular and thus to initiate a movement for a culture of the people drawing its inspiration from the democratic ideals of Vaigali. Many steps have been taken by the Sangha in pursuance of these objects, and it has achieved remarkable success on several fronts by making the memories of a great civilization as the rallying point for a new awakening among the people. One of the main activities of the Vaisali Sangha has been the publication of both standard and popular books on the bistory, culture and archaeology of North Bihar, particularly the Vaigali Region. During the very first three years of its existence the Sangha was responsible for tbree publications on Vaisali; the first, a compilation of articles and information regarding Vaigali in Hindi published in March 1945, the second a pamphlet on Vaisali, the birthplace of Mahavira, brought out in November 1947, and the third is a symposium known as Homage to Vaisali ( -37fHFGH-TT). This was followed by two reports, one in English and the other in Hindi, on the excavations at Vaigali carried out in 1950 at the initiative of, and with the money collected by, the Vaisali Sangha. It also published A Guide to Vaisali and the Vaisali Museum in English, a popular guide in Hindi and also a set of picture-postcards of antiquities for the benefit of the tourists. Annual addresses of some prominent scholars and personalities were also brought out during 19481963. Recently it has published Vaisali Digdarsana (arrest-farquia) in
| SR No. | 012088 |
| Book Title | Vaishali Abhinandan Granth |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Yogendra Mishra |
| Publisher | Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology and Ahimsa |
| Publication Year | 1985 |
| Total Pages | 592 |
| Language | Hindi, English |
| Classification | Smruti_Granth |
| File Size | 17 MB |