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Jaina Community-A Social Survey (34) What Jaina festivals you follow? Do you observe all Hindu
festivals? If not, pame those which you observe. (33) What daily Jaina rites you observe? (36) What Jaina "Samskāras' you perform? (37) Is your marriage consecrated according to Hindu or Jaina
rituals? (38) How many languages you can read, write or speak? Please
name them. (39) Do you wear a sacred thread? If so, what is its significance ? (40) Do you employ the services of a Brahmin or a Jaina priest
for performing marriage and other rites and for performirg
daily “Pūjā' and 'Abhisheka' in Jaina temples ? (41) How many fasts per month you observe? Do you observe
any special fasts in the months of 'Chātusmāsa '?, (42) What funeral rites you perform? Are they like Hindu rites? (43) Do you observe monthly or yearly days in memory of the
dead? (44) What religious education you bave taken? Do you think
that it should be made compulsory to Jaina children ? (45) Do you worship Hindu deities? If so, please give their names. (46) You might be aware that there is a large number of widows
in the Jaina Community. How would you approach to
solve their problem? (47) Do you think that there is anything like Jaina culture as
distinct from other cultures in India ? (48) Are you a member of any Jaina Association or Institution
which is striving for the benefit of Jaina community, irrespective of caste, sub-caste or sect? If so, please give their
pames and the extent of their activities. (49) What are your educational and other qualifications? Please
state the distinctions obtained by you or by the members of your family in academic studies, literary activities, various kinds of arts, culture, sport, etc.
