Jain Digest 1997 06 Vol 13 No 02

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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Does Your Center Want to Build a Temple?
The JAINA Temple Committee has been providing guidelines to build nonsectarian Jain temples in North America and also help Jain Centers to get the necessary idols and the namokar mantra shila
The Buffalo Jain temple built as per JAINA Guidlines. The idols and
namokar mantra shila were provided by the Temple Committee.
Now the Committee wants to take active part in helping every Jain Center to have its own nonsectarian, independent temple, swadhyay, bhawan, library and pathshala.
As soon as any Center buys land or a building for their nonsectarian temple, the Committee will get actively involved in providing them a grant, a loan, idols and help in raising funds.
The goal of the Committee is to see a Jain temple at every Jain Center
The Temple Committee is also planning to arrange a Tirth Yatra with educational seminars in India during the winter vacations of 1998, and therefore invites suggestions and volunteers for these activities.
Please contact Dr. Mahendra Pandya at 718/816-0083 for further information
and your suggestions for these two JAINA projects.