Ahimsa Times 2009 03 SrNo 105

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at the Tirth in presence of Guru Bhagwant, Pujya Sadhviji Subodhyashri's Sangh, Sadhus and Sadhvijis, who confirmed that this pratima is the first ever to be made in the world.
The design of the idol, its sculpturing and preparation, were being made and delivered by Mrs. Kailash Bharat Mehta, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mrs. Kailash Mehta works with many popular sculpturists in Rajasthan, India. Mrs. Kailash Mehta can be reached at E-Mail: kailashmehta@yahoo.com or visit www.moortiarts.com
JAINS LOSE CUSTODY BATTLE OF STOLEN IDOL OF LORD MAHAVIRA New Delhi, March 18: The efforts of three Jain temple committees to get a stolen idol of Lord Mahavira for offering prayers did not succeed in a Delhi court which trashed the claim saying it did not belong to them and was the court's property until disposal of the case. The court said that being followers of the Jain religion did not make the claimants the real owners of the idol. Merely because the revisionists are followers of the Jain religion and pray to Lord Mahavira, 24th Tirthankar, it cannot be said that the idol should be released in their favour, the court said, adding they were not its owners prior to the alleged theft. The capital-based Shri Digamber Jain Mandir Management Committee, 1008 Shri Parshvanath Digamber Jain Mandir and Shree Vardhman Digamber Jain Mandir Sabha had filed petitions after being denied possession of the idol by a lower court. The idol of Lord Mahavira was recovered from accused Manoj Kumar at Maurice Nagar Police station here in 2006 and a case of theft was registered.
7TH CENTURY IDOLS OF JAIN TIRTHANKAR EXCAVATED Sirpur (Chhattisgarh) Archaeologists in Chattisgarh have claimed to have discovered 7th century idols of Yamraj, the Lord of Death in Hinduism, astride a buffalo and an idol of Jain Tirthankar Shri Suparshva Nathji, a divine figure of Jain faith. Further excavations of lands in search of the Jain monuments is going on at the same site. "This idol is made of metamorphic rock, which is found in Mahanadi. It has a female structure on one of its side and structure of Yamraj sitting on a he-buffalo on the other side. The idols are believed to be dating back to the seventh century A.D. when Jains were in power in Sirpur and Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism had ample patronage from the Kings. Archaeologists hope the latest finding will enable them to uncover the ancient history of Digambar Jains in the region.
ELABORATE PRATISHTHA CELEBRATIONS AT PALITANA Holy idols of Bhagwan Mahavir and other Tirthankars as well as foot steps of Dada Gurudev Shri Jin Dutt Suri Ji and Shri Jin Kushal Suri Ji were installed and pratishtha ceremony carried out on the 12th March, 2009 at Palitana (In the talahati) in the holy presence of Upadhyay Shri Mani Prabh Sagar Ji Maharaj. Gachhadhipati Acharya Shri Jin Kushal Suri Ji Maharaj had given his consent for this ceremony. The celebrations were organised by Shri Shatrunjay Dada Gurudev Pratishtha Ayojan Samiti with the advice of Sheth Anand Ji Kalyan Ji Pedhi.
STOLEN JAIN TEMPLE IDOLS RECOVERED IN KOLKATA Members of the Kolkata Jain community expressed their gratitude to city police chief Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti and deputy commissioner (detective department) Jawed Shamim for retrieving two idols of Jain temple in Alipore. A few months ago, the two idols one 8-inch eight metalled and other a 4-inch silver one went missing. It deeply hurt the sentiment of the Jain community. After a thorough investigation, detective department sleuths recovered the idols from a sacked security guard, who worked in a building near the temple. Vinod Jain, a spokesperson of the community, said, "We are really thankful to the city police for retrieving the sacred figures."
ANCIENT JAIN SCRIPTURES NOW A CLICK AWAY A website on Jain religion has been created with a collection of 623 scriptures, a Jain spiritual leader has said. Rare scriptures, written around 2000 years ago, can be accessed through the site, www.jaingranths.com The granths (holy books) are made available in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Dhundhari, English and Gujarati languages or dialects, Jain
Acharya Suvidhi Sagar said.The site also includes granths of Shewatamber and Digamber sects, studies on Ganit (Maths) Bhugol (geography). Itihas (history) and Ayurveda in connection with
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