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Rochester, NY. Jain Society of Rochestor celebrated Mahavira Jayanti on April 20. The program mainly consisted of Pooja and speeches. Usha Sheth spoke on "Concept of God and Soul" while youngster members, Sumeet Maniar, Sejal Vora, Shail Mithani, Karian Maniar and Tapan Shah dealt on topics like Life of Lord Mahavira, Ahimsa and Anekantavada.
EDITOR'S NOTE: We do know that other Jain Societies in Houston, New Jersey, New York, Southern California, Texas and others celebrated Mahavira Jayanti Day. However, due to our inability to gather news from these Societies, we regret the omission of news about these Societies. Hope we could do a better job of gathering news from these societies.
DETROIT JAIN SOCIETY RECOMMENDS 4 SITES FOR ITS TEMPLE
Detroit, MI. The Building Committee of the Society, after an extensive search, has selected 4 sites for its temple within the Greater Metropolitan Detroit area. The sites are: 1 - Farmington Hill, 2 - Ferndale 3 - Livonia and 4 - Troy. Now the Committee has been authorized to conduct feasibility studies aimed at narrowing down the choice to the final selection.
The Building Committee headed by Dr. Jain has done an excellent job. Among the 28 submissions it had, the Committee chose only four as a possible choice best suited for its demand.
CLEVELAND JAIN FAMILIES
ATTEND ANNIVERSARY OF HINDU JAIN TEMPLE IN PITTSBURG
Cleveland, OH. Cleveland Jain Society organized a religious trip to Pittsburg to enable its members to attend and participate in the 2nd anniversary Installation celebrations of Lord Parswanath and Lord Mahavira idols in the HinduJain temple in Pittsburg, PA. Pancha Kalyan Pooja celebrations were held on May 10th. The participants enjoyed this holy and religious event.
JAIN SOCIETY WASHINGTON D.C.
FORMS COMMITTEE TO ACQUIRE JAIN TEMPLE
Washington, D.C. Dr. Manoj Dharamsi, President of Washington Jain Society informs that with the resolution passed in the last annual general body meeting to transfer $12,000 to the temple fund. A committee has been set up to look into the feasibility of acquiring a Jain Temple. Dharamsi further noted that a discussion was held concerning the project and a survey conducted among the mambership indicated a large majority of support for the Temple.
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