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After Independence a new township is springing into existence for the settlement of displaced persons and it is in fitness of things that victims of violence and communalism should sind solace in a place bathed in the teachings of non-violence, equality and fraternity.
The management of the Swetamber Jain Temple and Dharamshalas is with Shri Hastinapur Jain Swetamber Tirth Committee at Ambala City and Delhi. They are making every effort to revive its old glory.
Hastinapur and Jain History Hastinapur is a very ancient town which is mentioned in Jain, Vedic, Buddhist and Pali literature. In Jain traditions India is known as Bharat after the name of Bharat the eldest son of Lord Rishabha Dev and this town was founded as capital by his son Hasti Kumar. Lord Rishabha Dev took Diksha along with
4,000 princes at Ayodhya and started his Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
