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April when Dr. Shah gave a life sketch of the Lord pointing out certain historical events pertaining to his life. The program concluded with Arati and lunch.
Cincinnati/Dayton, OH
The Jain Center of Cincinnati-Dayton celebrated the Mahavir Jayanti on April 27th. The celebration started with Jap and Snatra Pooja with 300 people in attendence. Shri Chitrabhanu who was present at the function gave discourse about the teaching of Lord Mahavir. The Center took the opportunity to honor Chitrabhanuji on the occasion of his 75th birthday. It also honored 8 non-Jain students who had completed the course on Jainism and Nonviolence offered by the University of Dayton.
Northeast
Vinay Vakani, Regional Editor
Essex Falls, NJ
Jain Center of New Jersey (JCNJ) has signed a contract for the purchase of a property in Edison, New Jersey. The property is an existing 26,000 sq.ft. single story building located on 8 acres of land. Site plans have been submitted to the Edison Township for approval. Closing will take place soon after the Township approval. The existing building will be improved and expanded to house temples in Shwetamber and Digamber traditions, prayer halls for Sthankvasi and Srimad Rajchandra traditions, an Assembly Hall and a Dining Hall. In addition, space will be provided for Pathshala and Swadhyay classes and an extensive library.
The total cost of purchase and improvements is estimated at $2.2 million. A Fund Raising Committee has statrted a drive to raise the funds. A Shikhar-bandhi Dehrasar will be built in the future.
With this contract, the JCNJ has reached a major milestone towards realizing
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Southeast
Surendra Shah, Regional Editor Miami, FL
At Jain Center of South Florida (Miami) Elections for the executive committee for the coming year were held in January. Dr. Deepika Dalal was elected president, Shashi Jain as vice president, Dr. Mayur Maniar as secretary, and Naresh Ravani as membership head.In addition, the building committee is active in building a new center. The land is acquired already. The next phase is raising funds for the proposed building. Dr. Deepika and Ashok Dalal have donated $50,000. Dr. Satish and Geeta Shah $10,000, and Bharat and Lata Vakil $2,000. Kanubhai Mehta contributed his real estate expertise and commission. In addition, Mr. and Mrs. Mehta donated land which was sold for $18,000. The soci
a dream of acquiring a spacious facility for the current and future generations of Jains. Edison is centrally located in New Jersey. It is well known to the Indian Community in the U.S., and famous for the cultural and social activities.
Recently, Edition Township held hearing for JCNJ application. The Township has engaged a traffic engineer who will study the traffic and parking issue and submit a report at the town meeting in September JCNJ will keep Jain community informed about the progress of this project. Contact persons:
Diwakar Shah 908/754-0891, Girish Shah 201/335-4172 Viren Shah 908/3293236 JCNJ will celebrate Paryushana under the guidance of Muni Jinchandraji.
New York, NY
Jain Center of America (JCA) recently purchased a property in Lake Success, Long Island, New York. The site consists of approximately 4 acres of land just off Long
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ety is having regular Satsang on every second Sunday of the month. Mahavir Jayanti was celebrated in April.
Atlanta, GA
Progress is being made towards building a new meeting and worship center for the society. The land has already been acquired.
The society celebrated Mahavir Jayani with more than 200 attending the celebration. Bhagvan Mahavir's life was narrated in songs. A dinner, Swamivatsalaya, followed the program.
Several scholars, including Munishri Jinchandraji, Niraj Jain and Pandit Dhirajlal Mehta, visited and gave discourses on Jain scriptures.
Island Expressway. JCA plans to build a spacious and attractive facility that will include a temple, auxiliary facilities for religious activities and a community hall. JCA held annual picnic on July 27th. During Paryushana Pandit Dhirajlal Mehta will be giving religious discourses. Dasha Lakshana will be celebrated under the guidance of. Bhattarak Charukirtiji. Mahavir Jayanti will be on August 31, 1997.
Jain Study Circle, Inc. recently published two books titled Studies in JainismPrimer and Studies in Jainism- Reader 2 which have been mailed to over 5,000 families in North America.
Primer is suitable for youngsters introducing them to the basic tenets of Jainism. (Reader 2 is higher level than Reader 1, which was published in 1990.)
The Jain Study Circle circular is published from New York on a quarterly basis and also holds quarterly meetings to discuss and exchange views on principles of Jainism.
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