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Report on the accident of Param Pujya Munishri Jambuvijayji Maharaj Saheb*
Hiroko Matsuoka (PhD Student, Hiroshima University, Japan)
Ahmedabad, 17th December 2009 This humble report is dedicated to all the friends and students of Param Pujya Munishri Jambuvijayji Maharaj Saheb, with my deepest sorrow and sympathy. Summary of the event
Param Pujya Munishri Jambuvijayji Maharaj Saheb, seven other monks, seven nuns and I left Nakoda (Barmer District, Rajasthan (RJ)) for Jaisalmer (RJ) on 9 November 2009 on pilgrimage, when on the fourth day, the road accident occurred. At 6:55 AM on 12 November 2009 on the Balotra-Barmer road, Muni Jambuvijayji and three of his disciples were brutally hit by a speeding jeep from behind. At that time, I was walking with the nuns at a distance of four kilometers ahead of the monks. As soon as we heard of the accident, we rushed back and found four monks lying in a pool of blood on the road. Munishri Jambuvijayji (eighty-seven years old) and his disciple Namaskarvijayji (thirty-four years old) were already dead and cold. Their bodies were cremated on 13 November 2009 in Shankheshvar (Patan District, North Gujarat (GJ)). Circumstances** 9 November :
Eight monks, seven nuns, one assistant, one driver and I started the pilgrimage towards Jaisalmer from Nakoda (Barmer District, RJ). We walked about 15 kms. in the morning and evening and stayed overnight at a school near Tilwala. 10 November :
We walked 15 kms. and stayed overnight at a school in
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