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REGIONAL NEWS....
SOUTHWEST
Jadavji Kenia, Regional Editor
HOUSTON, TX
Jain Society of Houston celebrated Mahavir Jayanti with Pravachan from Samaniji Charitra PragyaJi followed by the religious cultural items from the Pathshala students. Students recited a stavan, explained the 18 PapaSthanaks. presented a play on the life of Bhadrabahu and the adults presented two skits showcasing the principles of IchchhaPariman and Ahimsa. This was also an election day for the two new Executive Committee members and two new Trustees were announced.
On April 18-20, Pathshala students went on a camping trip to Fort Parker State Park. It was attended by 50 students and 13 adults
Our successful Pathshala program is the high point of activities for JSH with over 130 students attending six classes for different age groups.
We are one of the few Jain Centers in North America where Samaniji's are staying through the whole year and we do get the advantage of their Pravachan every Sunday morning. For more information about our activities please contact JSH President Shanti Gala at 281-398-7402 or Navin shah, JAINA Director at 281-565-9780 or by e-mail at navinrshah@yahoo.com.
DALLAS, TX
JAINA Executive Committee's quarterly meeting was held in Houston in February A meeting with the membership at large was arranged on Sunday, to explain the goals PHOENIX, AZ and activities of JAINA followed by a question-answer session.
The Mahavir Jayanti was celebrated at Jain Center in Richardson, Texas. It began with the Mahavir Jin Pooja followed by
some stavans. Then children took over. TULSA, OK They presented three skits. The skits were about Jambukumar and Prabhava, Dev Dushya cloth and Bhagwan Mahavir and a cowherd. Another group presented a skit in the form of a news report. It was a hit. The program continued with the Manglik, Aartis, Shanti Kalash, Samuh Chaitya Vandan and a lunch.
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About 10 Pathshala students along with 3 adults participated in a Jain Youth camp during the Easter weekend arranged by the Jain Society of Houston. There were about 40 children and 10 adults from Houston. Besides teachers, thanks to the volunteers to manage the whole camp. Besides religious exchanges, such programs also promote cultural/social exchanges and interaction among the regional youth.
JSNT contact is our president Bhal Daulat at 214-824-1953, email: thewhiterocker@yahoo.com. Website is www.dfwjains.org
Mahavir Jayanti was celebrated by the Jain Center members with a lot of enthusiasm and interest. Young kids performed a play that depicted state of Indra and Indrani in the heaven at the time of Tirthankar Bhagwan's birth. In addition to this play, items like religious questions/answers, songs, dance, dinner, etc. were a part of the Mahavir Jayanti celebration.
jain phoenix. or Jain_phoenix@ hotmail. com or Mehul Rajparia at (602) 795-4987 email Mehul.Raiparia@sybase.com.
We are progressing well in our Derashar and Hall construction. We are almost there On April 12 & 13, 2003, we had Shila Ropan and Mahavir Jayanti ceremony. Virendrabhai Shah and Promodaben came from New Jersey to perform Shilaropan vidhi. It was performed very well and all our members participated in one or more vidhis. Everyone was pleased with our facility under construction. It consists of Derashar room, 3 Classrooms, 2500 Sq. Ft hall, Kitchen, total area is 5,750 Sq.Ft.
Our Pratishtha Mahotsav will be
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delayed (beyond August). We will keep you informed. Please call Kanti Shah, President for more information @918-3693163 or email kanaru@aol.com.
NORTHEAST Dinesh Chheda, Regional Editor
WASHINGTON, DC
The center also had its annual picnic. Despite rain, a large number of members came to enjoy the picnic. Pathshala activities are coming to an end for summer break. Log on to http://members.tripod.com/ister for Community Affairs, Embassy of
Mahavir Jayanti was celebrated on April 12, 2003. The stage program included prayer songs, prayer dances, and Jain Stutis performed by our youngsters, and a skit "401K for this life and beyond" by adults. The highlight of the program was "Who wants to be a Jain Scholar", which was participated by our youngsters. All young participants were presented with a trophy sponsored by Atul and Aruna Shah. We were honored to have Mr. Anil Choudhry, Min
India, as our chief guest. Over 450 people attended the program.
Indian Embassy in Washington DC celebrated Mahavir Jayanti at the residence of the ambassador of India. Ambassador Lalit Mansinghji and Mrs. Indira Mansinghji personally welcomed all attending guests
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