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JAINA EDUCATION FUND ASSOCIATION. 85 the name of his revered father, for Jain students who wish to take up advanced courses in Bangalore City. The hostel is now conducted under the management of the Association and is working satisfactorily.
The Jaina Brahmin Boarding Home built by Sriman Jinachandra Pandit of Mysore in memory of his respected father and creditably managed by Mr. B. Pandit Chandappa, is also under the general supervision of the Association which is giving a permanent monthly grant towards its maintenance.
The Association has also founded a Boarding Home in the Shimoga District at Karur and it is praiseworthy that the people of the district have been maintaining the institution with their contributions in kind and coin and are running the hostel in co-operation.
A Sanskrit Pathashala is newly started in Saligrama, in Mysore District under the auspices of the Association and it is called after the donor Mr. Pandit Guttappa.
The Sanskrit Pathashala in Saravana Belgola is being subsidised by the Association to the extent of Rs. 300 per year and is working well under the able management of the Palace Mahavidwan Sriman Dorbali Jinadasa Shastriar. The Association is contemplating to build a suitable Dharmasala at Sravana Belgola for the convenience of pilgrims.
With a view to remove the misunderstandings prevalent about the Jaina Religion and philosophy and to propagate correct information and as a means for the realisation of other objects of the Association a fortnightly Journal is started as an organ of the Association under the honorary Editorship of Sriman Nyayathirtha A. Shanthiraja Shastriar. The paper has received good encouragement and the work is being ably and earnestly done by the Hony. Editor with the co-operation of the students of the M.L. Jain Boarding House, Mysore. As it is found to be very useful in awakening the community and the rest of the public and is receiving good encouragement, the association intends to develop it and is awaiting a suitable opportunity.
The Association is contemplating to establish a Jaina Sanskrit College with the help of the Government and has moved the subject through Mr. Dorbali Jinadasa Shastriar who is a member of the Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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