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JAINA Temple at Convention Site
The JAINA Temple Committee has designed a beautiful temporary temple located at the Novi Suburban Collection Showplace in the Diamond Center area. This temporary temple is constructed to create a common place where all followers of Jainism can pray, meditate, and perform the rituals in their respective chosen traditions.
The JAINA Temple will remain open throughout the entire convention. The chal pratishtha, pratimajis? installation, will be performed by Nirmalsagarji and Swasthi Sri Charukeerthi Bhattaraka on July 4th. The Dwar Opening of this temple will be on July 4th. Finally, Aarti and Mangal Divo will be performed each day. The JAINA Temple committee hopes each convention attendee will enjoy the beauty of this temporary temple as the committee tried to do its best in depicting significant aspects of the Jain religion.
Arvind R. Shah Temple Committee
The temporary temple will serve as a reminder for all the wonderful significant locations in the Jain religion. As soon as you enter the temporary temple, you will feel as though you are in auspicious locations that include: Ashtapad tirth, Samet Shikhar tirth, Girnar tirth, Champapuri tirth, and Pavapuri tirth. These locations are incredibly significant as they are the different places where our twenty-four tirthankars attained salvation. Also, you will be able to imagine being at Palitana. The JAINA Temple Committee has worked tirelessly to ensure these depictions resemble these very incredibly beautiful and significant locations to the Jain religion.
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Also, this temporary temple will house three beautiful white marble carved Jain Pratimajis located inside the ghabara. These murtis have specially been carved from Jaipur, India. Mahavir Swami, the last of the twenty-four tirthankars, will be the mulnayak of the temporary temple and located at the center of ghabara. Parshwanath Bhagwan, the twenty-third tirthankar, will be located to the left of Mahavir Swami. Adinath Bhagwan, the first tirthankar, will be located to the right of Mahavir Swami and it will represent the Digamber sect of the Jain religion.
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Finally, there will be a framed Navkar Mantra and Shree Siddhachakra yantra located on the floor of the temporary temple right before the ghabara. The significance of Navkar Mantra is the universal prayer of the Jain religion and it is a prayer where Jains respect to all religious dignitaries. Shree siddhachakra is popular yantra used for worship in Jainism.
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