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Praćama
Rati
Preface
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II. A Short Account of the Fund :-I find some people anxious to know something more about Seth D. L Fund than they do at present. Hence I give here a brief outline as to how it was donated, and a short note as regards its inner machinery since then up to date.
Seth Devcand Lalbhāi, to commemorate whose memory this Fund was established, directed in his will that a sum of Rupees one-lac be used in charity as follows:
(1) Rs. 20000 towards reparation of old delapidated Jaina temples. (2) Rs. 5000 towards pinjarapoles at Surat and other places.
(3) Rs. 25000 to be utilised for building a Charmaśāla instead of a proposed bunglow in a compound owned by the doner in Surat, and then under construction.
(4) Rs. 5000 to be spent towards providing saffron and barās to Jaina temples. This sum of Rs. 45000 mentioned in the will was utilised in the following manner :
1. This sum was spent after reparation of the well-known Jaina temple at Rāņakapur through Seth Anandaji Kalyāņaji firm, under the supervision of late Gulābcand Devacand. The Aộandaji firm contributed an equal sum towards this undertaking.
2. This sum was given away to the Surat Pinjarapole.
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