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THE BHARATA JAINA MAHAMANDALA
THE ALL-INDIA JAINA ASSOCIATION.
ESTABLISHED 1899.
The year 1913 was a record year for the Association. Never before in the history of Jaina Gatherings was seen such an assemblage of erudite scholars of the West and the East. Never on any previous occasion was the non-Jaina public found to be so anxious to hear discourses on " Jaina 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 had to be made for the distinguished visitors coming at the proper time or a little later.
All this “ Prabhavana," all this glory of Jainism, was unprecedented. In the words of Mahamahopadhyaya Dr. Satis Chandra, VidyaBhusan, M.A., Ph. D., M. R. A. S., F. A. S. B., F. I. R. S., Sidhanta-Mahodadhi, the Bharata Jaina Mahamandala “gave the first impulse to all progressive movements, and through its organ, the Jaina Gazette, is supplying motive power and vital energy to all Jaina Movements in India.” The objects of the Jaina Mahamandala are
(a) Union and progress of the Jaina community. (b) Propagation of Jainism. . It is therefore the religious duty of every Jaina to 1. Join the Mandala as a member.
2. Subscribe to the Jaina Gazette, the only paper in the community which is edited in English and has a foreign circulation.
3. Establish a branch of the Mandala in every province, town and village.
4. Subscribe to the general funds of the Mandala.
5. Contribute to the funds of the Mandala, on ceremonial occasions in the family.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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