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THE JAINA GAZETTE. for a period of three days His palace should be open to be visited by the Jaina pilgrims without any hindrance. Comment is indeed superfluous. His Highness's gracious love of the Jains is simply worthy of praise, admiration and respect. May Bhagwan Sri Gommatesvara shower upon His Highness the choicest blessings of long life, continued prosperity, health and happiness and may there be many more such unique opportunities for the Jains to be blessed with the wise and unequalled guidance of His Highness the Maharaja of Mysore is our humble prayer.
We are also highly thankful to the officers of His Highness's benign Government for efficiently and readily rendering all kinds of help such as medicine, water, light, Bandobasth, etc., etc.
Last but not the least of all we are very glad to note that the puja committee has rendered invaluable help to the large number of pilgrims. An attempt to enu nerate their acts of service to the Jain Samaj is a futile and impossible one in as much as almost every thing was done by them. His Holiness Sri Charukirti Panditarya Varya Swamigal very kindly arranged for free boarding in his Mutt. Our respectful thanks for all his kindness and concern for the welfare of the Jain pilgrims cannot be adequately expressed in words.
The heart of all these activities is to be sought for at Mysore. The ardent soul who has been strenously working for the social and educational uplift of the Jaina Community for about two decades the soul that shuns all farce and noisy demonstrations of service to the samaj, the spirit that yearns for real and tangible service to the community, the spirit that is prepared to make any sacrifice for the vindication of the Jaina Dharma Prabhavana is the one that inhabits the ever-active and energetic and imposing personality of the secretary of the puja committee, Sriman M. L. Vardhamaniah.
His services are too well known to need mention at our hands. The free M. L. Jain Boarding House at Mysore with about 50 students every year, run at his own cost has produced a decent number of graduates in arts and sciences. Considering the fact that the unemployment question is staring at the face of both the government and the ordinary graduates, it is worthy of note, that Mr. M. L. Vardhamaniah or the "Sowcar " as he is more Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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