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of the Lord. Over 500 people attended the festivity and families from Seattle also participated. The event was successfully programmed by the hard workings of Anand and Bina Jain, Ramesh and Padma Singhal, and Gyanchand and Kusum Singhai.
Siddhachalam, NJ. The celebrations were organised on April 23 and 24. Panch kalyan pooja, the five auspicious ocassions in the lives of the Tirthankaras for the good of all beings in the world, was celebrated on April 23 from 2.00 - 5.00 PM.
On April 24, the main event was Dream ceremony dedicated to Lord Mahavir. The dreams of holy mother queen Trishala were enacted with scriptural interpretation. This was the first time this ceremony was performed at Siddhachalam.
St. Catherines, ON. The Jain communities of St. Catherine and Wellend, Ontario celebrated Mahavir Jayanti on April 03 at 401 Linwell Rd. Agamicstutis and stotras, short speech, prayers were the highlights of the festivity. J.D.Jain from Wellend coordinated the program.
ST. Louis, MO. Mahavir Jayanti was celebrated on April 16-17 by the Jain Center of Greater St. Louis. Curdev Chitrabhanu was the chief guest at the festivities. The day-1 celebrations began at 2.30 PM with prayers followed by a short talk on the event. Gurdev delivered lecture on a relevent subject, "Youth-Religion-America". It was followed by question and answer session.
The day-2 programs were held at Brown Hall at Washington University. Lecture by Gurdev on "Practice of Ahimsa" emphasised its importance to understand life and living.
Gurdev's visit to St. Louis center was sponsored by Sushila Singhvi.
Toronto, Canada. The birth day festivities of Lord Mahavir was organised by Jain society of Toronto on April 10. Over 600 people attended the celebrations. The program began with Lord Mahavir pooja accompanied by chantings of mantras, readings from Agama and devotional songs in Hindi and Gujarati. The visiting Jains from Ottawa sang stavans. There were group dances and other cultural events presented under the directions of Madhu Shah, Kanan Jhaveri and Urmila Shah. Auctioning of Kalash etc raised funds at the time.
Cleveland, OH. Jain society of Greater Cleveland Tirthankara Mahavir's birth day on May 01. The highlights of the celebrations were devotional songs by children and the talk on Lord Mahavir by Dr Bhagchandra Jain, professor of Prakrit and Pali at university of Nagpur, India.
After Aarati and mangal divo, a delicious meal prepared by volunteers was served.
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