Book Title: Half Hour With Jain Muni
Author(s): Abdul Hamiz A Baakza
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House Bombay

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________________ ed it and used it He sprinkled it on the head of Grantam, his first disciple It has come down passing through the hands of the Munis of the Jain hierarchy, each of them adding to the original store The faithful attribute miraculous virtues to the powder. The reader should be amused to know that Sow Balvantrai Mehta carried this Vasaxep to Delhi She appled a tilak on the forehead of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, our Prime Minister, on the occasion of his birthday and again when he was leaving for America 'As he, freely moved about exchanging greetings with one and all, Sow Balvantraz Mehta applied tolak on his forehead' -The Hindustan Times This vasaxep was applied on the morning of Panditji's departure for London on his way to U.S.A and Canada in December, 1956

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