Jain Heritage and Beyond

Author(s): Shailesh Shah
Publisher: Oshwal Associations of The UK

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DERASER FUNDING SCHEMES
CEREMONY WILL BE GIVEN TO THE TOKEN HOLDER, WHOSE TOKEN WILL BE DRAWN AT A SPECIAL DRAW, & HIS OR HER FAMILY.
*These inauguration ceremonies were offered in a draw. Each token costs £108.00.
* The number of tokens is numbered to 10,800. This means that there is a 1 in 100 opportunity for being selected to perform one of the 108 inauguration ceremonies.
*The date for the draw to select the winners to perform the various ceremonies will be on 8th June 2005 and all winners will be contacted thereafter.
*Each winner, and his or her family, will have the chance to perform an auspicious ceremony to inaugurate the item for which they have been selected. e.g. A winner may have the opportunity to inaugurate ONE of the NINE Fountains in the Deraser complex or one of the TWO statues of the Lions or one of the TWO statues of the Elephants etc.
*Each winner of an opportunity to perform the inauguration ceremonies shall be required to pay the Association a sum of £151.25 as a NAKRO (fixed amount for religious ceremony/pooja performance). * In April 2005 there was a revision to the TOKEN SCHEME to make it more attractive for the donors. Again listed below the final list of the 108 items together with the proposed timing of the inauguration ceremonies for these items:
Scheme No. 2 - DERASER CAR PARK
* Each Car Park Space can be dedicated to an individual or a family by payment of a fixed amount as a donation.
*The amount payable per parking space is £ 1,008.00 and is to be paid in one lump sum.
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Appropriate permanent acknowledgement shall be made of the donor(s).
* The size of the wording of the acknowledgement may be restricted where considered appropriate by the Fund Raising Sub-Committee.
*All donations/payments received by 31st May 2005 will be acknowledged together in an alphabetic order. Pledges received after 31st May 2005 will be acknowledged at a later date as we will need to order special granite planques from India.
Scheme No. 3-52 VILLAGES OF HALAR
*A majority of the members of the Association still retain a very strong link, in some form or another, with the village where they have their ancestral roots.
* As part of the Deraser Project 54 trees (or more) will be planted to represent the 54 villages (it has been now established that there are actually 54 or more villages even though we have always called them "Bavan Gam") in the Halar District of Jamnagar, India.
* Each tree will have an "Otlo" (a round concrete flat seating type structure) around each tree.
* Individuals or families can have a "Takti" with their name acknowledging their links with a particular village.
* Each "Takti" can only have a maximum of 27 letters including any spaces.
* In the event the name that an individual or a family wishes to include on the "Takti" has more than 27 characters (including the spaces), we recommend that they purchase separate Taktis for each 27 characters block. All such taktis will be then grouped and placed together in an appropriate manner to ensure continuity and proper flow in the name or names.
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