Facts and Figures about Jain Shwetambar Terapanthi Diksha

Author(s): Jain Shwetambar Terapanthi Sabha
Publisher: Jain Shwetambar Terapanthi Sabha

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brother of the one to be initiated stood behind him and handed over to the Acharyya, a document which confirmed the consent of the family. Then quite was established. In the close surrounding, the Acharyya cited with great ability of the tongue a long formula. Thereafter the monk lowered his head which was shaved up to a small bunch and the Acharyya pulled it out in five pulls without causing the monk to show any expression in the face. The monk bowed to the monks and sat among them as the last in their line. The nun was led to the nuns. She only had to make a few bows in front of the Acharyya during his address before the initiation of the monk took place".
In the year 1914, the Late Lala Sukhbirsingh of Muzaffarnagar moved a bill for the Registration of minor chelas in the U. P. Council. The Mover of the Bill personally went to see our the then Acharyya Maharaj and his report was published in the U. P, Gazette. His impressions are given below :