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A Brief Account of the Fund
I find some people anxious to know something more about Setha Devacanda Lalabhal Jaina Pustakoddhara Fund than they do at present. Hence I give here a brief account as to how it was incorporated, and a very brief note as regards its inner machinery since then up to date.
Śetha Devcanda Lalabhai, to commemorate whose memory this Fund was established, directed in his will that a sum of Rupees one-lac be used in charity. Out of Rupees one-lack, he had made up his mind for the following sums only.
(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 dharmasala in place of a proposed bungalow in a compound owned by the donor in Surat, and then under construction.
(4) Rs. 5000 to be spent towards providing saffron and camphor (barasa) to Jaina temples.
The above sums totalling Rs. 55000 mentioned in the will were respectively utilised in the following manner:
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