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The Bharat Jain Mahamandal.
THE ALL-INDIA JAIN ASSOCIATION.
ESTABLISHED 1899.
The year 1913 was a record year for the Association. Nerer before in the bistory of Jain Gatherings was seen such an aggenblage of Erudite Scholars of the West and the East. Never on any previous occasion was the non-Jain public found to be so anxious to bear discourses on “Jain Philosophy." Day after day the seats in the Town Hall of Benares used to be occupied long before the commencement of the proceedings, and special arrangements bad to be made for the distinguisired visitors coming at the proper time or a little later.
All this “ Prabhavana,'' all this glory of Jainism, was unprecedented. The Fioneer,' the Lea'ler, and other newspapers hare giren prominent potice to the activities of the Mandal. The German påpers are loudly proclaiming Jainism. The title of Jain Darshan Divakar conferred o: Dr. Jacobi, will to qnote the words of Dr. Strauss,“ be highly appreciated by learned Germany all around.” In the words of Mahamahopadhyaya Dr. Satis Chandra, Vidya-Bhusan, M.A., Ph. D., M.R.A.S., F.A.S.B., F.I.R.S., Siddhanta-Malodadhi, the Bharat Jain Mahamandal “gare the first impulse to all progressive movements, and through its organ, the Jain Gazette, is supplying motive power and vital energy to all Jain Movements in India. It is therefore the religious duty of every Jain to
(a) Juin the Mandal as a member. (6) Subscribe to the Jain Gazette, the only paper in the
community which is edited in English and has a
foreign circulation, (c) Establish a branch of the Mandal in crers Province,
town and villay, (d) Subscribe to the eneral funds of the Mandal. (e) Make occasional contributions to the funds of the
Mandal on caemonial occasions in the family. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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