Ahimsa Varsh 2600th Birth Anniversary of Mahavir Swami

Author(s): Naresh Jain, P Jayaraman
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

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The Celebration of The Year of Non-Violence (Attimsa Varsh)
Spiritual heads and Speakers
Amrender Muniji was a close associate of the late Acharya Shree Sushil Kumarji of Siddhachalam. He is an accomplished scholar and has written his thesis on the History of Jains Travelling to East & North China. He regularly visits North America and gives lectures to Jains and non-Jains alike. He is the author of the book “Yoga-Siddhi". He has conducted numerous yoga camps, organized medical camps to help poor children and preached compassion among numerous prisoners.
Devendra Keerti Bhattarakji is the head of the Hombuja Jain Math in Shimoga, Karnataka, India. He has traveled worldwide and given discourses and performed temple sthapanas. He has written over one hundred religious books, and mastered several languages. He also operates several educational institutions in India.
Sadhvi Shilapiji is a young Sadhvi who took Diksha nine years ago. She completed her Master's Degree at London School of Economics and is working on Ph.D. degree at King's College, at the University of London in the UK. She blends her religious and scriptural studies with the western systems of such studies. She is multilingual and a popular ambassador of Jain message spreading it to the young English speaking Jains.
Samani Charitra Pragyaji is a disciple of Acharya Sri Mahaprajna. She was initiated in the year 1990 and she became a member of Saman order which was started by Acharya Sri Tulsi. She has organized many workshops and camps on Preksha Meditation, Science of living, Peace, and Non-Violence in India and several other countries.
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